The California Lumber Merchant - March 1956

Orders placed under Rule # t4 mzy be graded and stamped under that de for a limited period after March 15. This is to accommodate stocks in the process of manufacture or on hand at vards or mills.

All new orders should be placed under the new rule, Rule #15, which becomes effective March 15,1g56.

If you have not received your free copy of Rule #15, write to \Zest Coast Lumbermen's Association, 1410 S.W. Morrison, Pordtnd 5, Oregon.

*Applies to Boords, Dimension ond Timbers

THE CALIFOR}TI.IA LUMBERMERCHANT JackDiorne.

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How Lumber Looks

The National Lumber Trade Barometer reported shipments of. 512 mills in the week ended Feb. 11 were 2.5/o above production; new orders were 0.2/o below, and unfilled orders were3974a of stocks. For the new year to date, orders were 5.5/o above production. In the current week, production was 2.9/o, shipments 7.7/o, and orders 7.3/o above the previous week.

The National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. reported 1955 national lumber production totaled an estimated 39,105,000,000 b.f..,7% above 1954. The output exceeded the annual total for any of the preceding 26 years. Softwood production rose 8/o and, harciwood I/o over 1954. Both shipments and orders were 8/o above 1954. Lumber production in December 1955 totaled 2,888,000,000 b.f., down 7/o from November and 6/o below December 1954. Gross mill stocks on Dec. 31, 1955, totaled 8,729,m b,f., 5% below the end of. 1954.

The West Coast l.umbermen's Assn. reported for 171 mills (152 operating) in the week ended Feb. 18: production, 108,1.94,972 feet; shipments, 105,703,687 leet; orders,

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The weekly average of west coast lumber production in January was 174,751,000 b.f. or 94.2/o of the 1951-55 average, reported Harris E. Smith, secretary, WCLA. Orders averaged 175,504,000 b.f.; shipments, 167,783,000 b.f. Al1 were above the December averages. The industry's unfilled order file stood at 746,O32,M b.f. and gross stocks at 1,065,389,000 b.f. the end of January.

The Western Pine Assn. reported for 118 mills in the week ended Feb. 11 : production, 77 ,814,00O feet ; shipments, 81,O72,m f.eet (4.2/o above production); orders, 75,967,W feet. Orders were 2.1/o above the previous week.

The Southern Pine Assn. reported for 109 mills in the week ended Feb. 11 : production, 18,853,000 feet ; shipments, 17,165,000 feet; orders, 17,4D,M f.eet.

Woodwork Institute of Cclifornio

Moved to Fresno Srore Divided lnfo Trode Areos

Biorn Resigns qsSecrefcry-Mcnqgeri Succeeded by BernqrdBcrber, Jr.

In a sweeping reorganization and relocation of the Woodwork Institute of California, the board of directors at their annual meeting January 26 voted to expand and accelerate the program of the WIC and move the central administrative office to Fresno. Byron K. Taylor, Taylor Millwork & Stair Co., Los Angeles, rvas elected 1956 president of the WIC, succeeding Bob Hogan, Hogan Wholesale, Oakland.

Russell Bjorn, rvho has been secretary-manager of the Institute since its start in 1951, did not wish to make the move from San Francisco, which has been headquarters of the WIC for the first five years of its existence, and submitted his resignation to the board at its final session shortly before the annual luncheon of all the members at the Ambassador hotel, Los Angeles, at noon lantary 27.

An official statement from the WIC on the changes was issued late in February. It reads as follows:

into natural "trade" areas att,d one or more of the directors will sen)e ds Adztisor in eath area. To be more agreeable with the geographical and commercial center of tke stote, the central sdministratiue offices will be rnoz,ed, to Fresno. In accordance with the basic policy of th.e WIC bei,ng q statewide organization, th.e requi.rements and, actiaities of each area zvi,ll be coordinated at the central offices und.er th,e direction of Bernard, B. Barbcr, Ir., nezul.y appoircted Secretar\ of the W.I.C.

ByronTaylor,the current Presid,ent of the W.l.C.,ltoints out that all of the rnem,bers listed. in tke WIC Directory are aery willing to assi.st in the solzting of any problems in the fi.eld of arc hit e c tural mi,ll'wor k. T h e I,l/ o o dzuo r h I nstitut e zuill c ontinue to make the serztices of a Techni.cal Conswlta.nt aztailable, either for personol consultatio , group di,scwssions, or any other activity tho.t zai.ll promote the proper u,se of millwork. At frequent intervals, technical bulletins will be released,, and the W.I .C. will contin.ue to keef the Manuals revised and allencompassing.

As a part of the corttinring growth of the wood,worh Insti- The new mailing address of the woodwork Institute oi tute of california, tl,re Boari of Directors ptaue qnnounced, an

california will be 1833 Broadway, Fresno' The names and erpanded and accelerated program. The state has been diai.ded,

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t956 OFFICERS of th. ln3titute qre shown ar left, and lcfi ro right: Vice-Preridcnt lester Picrce, Pocif ic Monuf octuring Go., Santo Clorc; Second ViccPresidcnt Perry Acufi, W$tern lumbcr Co., Son Diego; Prerident Byron K. Toylor, Toylor Millwork & Stoir Co., Los Angeles, ond freqsurer Rex Sporleder, Hollenbeck-Bu:h Ploning Mill, Fresno

BYRNE iltARCEl,lUS (risht in righr phoro), mcnoger of the Architecturol Woodwork Insri'tule, Chirogo, ieotured speoker of tha WIC moeting, gets it ofr the lop from new Presidcnt Iaylor (lefi) ond 1955 Precident Bob Hogon (ccnter) of rhe Cclifornio group

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SCR,IA Engoges Erik Flsmer to Push Grode Nomes With Builders

The Southern California Retail Lumber Association has secured the services of Erik Flamer starting February 15 to promote the acceptance of the new lumber grade names which become standard March 15. His work will be chiefly with the city and county building departments, school boards, and architects and construction engineers through the Southland.

Norwegian-born Flamer, who was educated in England, came here in 1920 and engaged in the lumber business, working his way up from laborer to management and, in 1947, started Erik Flamer Wholesale Lumber in Long B,each, which he will continue to operate. While maintaining his own business, Flamer will devote practically full-time to the SCRLA job for an indefinite period, not exceeding six months,

The current program of the SCRLA's Lumber Grades committee is to clean up any grade abuses, get custom,er acceptance of "Utility and Better" grades for sheathing and "Standard and Better" grades for boards and dimension such as dealers are obliged to take as a blended grade from the mills, and get building departments and school boards, €tc., to require grade stamping of all lumber.

Dealers are urged to require suppliers to furnish gradestamped west coast lumber only alter the date it becomes available, and advocate to the big buyers and all other lumber consumers that they accept only grade-stamped lumber. The committee is asking SCRLA members for ideas for a new envelope stuffer which dealers may use in explaining the new lumber grade names to their trade.

Northern Deolers' q-[MA-nqc

On Page 22 ol this issue starts a new department which it is expected will be a regular monthly feature. It is a digest of doings of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, prepared by the officers and staff. Northern dealer members of the LMA should report interesting events, remodelings or future plans direct to their association headquarters for inclusion in the monthly ,chronicle.

Evqns Acquires Chopmon Mfg. Co. qnd Hqrdboord, Allied lines

Evans Products Company has acquired control of the business of Chapman Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Corvallis, Oregon, manufacturer of hardboard. A new corporation has been organized, 'ivith controlling interest owned by Evans Products Company and the balan'ce by a syndicate headed by Fred C. Dalley of Chicago. The acquisition is expected to be consummated in about three weeks and the business will be conducted under the same name.

President E. S. Evans, Jr. said, " We have long been interested in the more efficient utilization of wood. Our wood products laboratory at Coos Bay has been conducting research tests on the uses of wood residue for several years." He said his company's interest in hardboard was also due to the remarkable growth in the consumption of this construction material in recent years and referred to the Stanford Resear,ch Institute prediction that consumption of hardboard would grow threefold in the next two decades.

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A man is as great as he is humble. No vain man was ever great.

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When you see things happening that are ha,rd to understand, it is well to remember that a thieving fox will fatten where an honest dog will starve.

There is an infinitely worthier subject for philo.sophy than even the stars. There is the mind of man, a limitless field that has not even been scratched.

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Ben Franklin said: "If you don't care if it gets donesend. If you want it done-go !"

We a,re much inclin.a, L Jn.J" u"".uent days, to gauge human greatness either by the number of dollars a man owns, or the volume of foolish phrases he turns loose on the air.

Consider well the pnnioJrry*of Marcus Aurelius, who said that he would rather save the life of one Roman than to win all the battles of the world. *t*

No wonder the mighty Voltaire replied, when asked if he did not think a monarchy the most perfect form of Government: "Yes, but only if al. T.T*h be Marcus Aurelius."

Pope wrote: "For forms of government let fools contest, whatever is best administered is best."

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The remedies prescribed for the sick world's ills by many of our self-appointed world-savers remind me of the panaceas offered by the old-time medicine man, selling his remedies off a wagon and under a kerosene lamp.

"Many of our colleges," says a pessimist, "have degenerated into more or less luxurious fophouses for the mentally ba,nkrupt and the intellectually insolvent."

A Chinese proverb *.1rr.."|, that an insect ca,n leap but ten paces, but attached to the hair of a noble steed he can go a thousand miles.

John Bucha,n wrote: "If thou has a woe, tell it not to a weakling, tell it to thy saddle-bow and ride singing forth"" ***

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bring desirable things to pass is the greatest work of this or any other generation.

Nikita Kruschev ald "-d"l.gr]arorr, "we remain atheist, and we do everything lrre can to liberate ar certain part of the people from the opium attraction of religion."

What constitutes a gentleman? John Galsworthy tells it this way: "The will to put himself in the place of others; the horror of forcing others into positions from which he would himself recoil; the power to do what seems to him to be right, without considering what others may say or think."

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To small mi,nds, material success is the only test of merit. Whatever is, is right. Might is right. A majority vote is the test of righteou"r."".*

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The fact is tha,t most all of the men whose lives have bettered and brightened the world from the beginning of time, have not been successful in material ways. Great thinkers are too busy to amass wealth.

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Cicero called Ariritotle "a river of flowing gold." And he said that if Jupiter could speak he would use language like that of Plato. ***

"We sharpe,n everything except wits," says a fix-it shop in california'

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Many a man of this generation who looks upon himself as great, will go thundering down the corridors of time like an extra pint of water over Niagara Falls.

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A cafe man with an exquisite sense of humor calls his restaurant-"Fleartburn Flouse."

"Taxes are the price we pay for freedom," says a recent philosophy. True. But should not wise men ask if the money is being wisely spent?

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Great thinkers do not always consider being "a good mixer" any indication of usefulness. Sir Isaac Newton said he would not join the Royal Society because he was "afraid it might increase the circle of my acquaintances."

Speaking of taxes, tt "t lprJrral tnirrt r, Edmund Burke, said: "Taxing is an easy business. Any politician can contrive new impositions, any bungler can add to the old. But

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Let small souls worry and debate about how we got here. The thought is'that we ARE here, and what are we going to do to justify the Lord for creating us?

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I have never been able to disagree with the opinion of the pessimistic philosopher who said that he had noticed that the smaller a soul a man has, the bigger fuss he makes about saving it.

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Elbert Hubbard used to warn business men to beware of the "seven hag sisters": feaq doubt, hate, jealousy, indifference, disdain and disease.

A thinking person is just a bundle of borrowings from the interesting and impres.t""*n":nt: who touch their lives.

About work, Thomas Carlisle said: "There is perennial nobleness and even sacredness in work. Were he ever so benighted, forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope for a man who honestly and earnestly works. In idleness there is perpetual despair."

A,nd an old lumber friend, Hy Guhleman, of Jefferson City, Mo., writes me about a Texan who died and arrived at the gates of his eternal home, and who remarked: "Gee, f never thought heaven would be so much like Texas." And the man at the gate said: "Son, THIS AIN'T HEAVEN."

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Corona, Calif.-Terry Ware, partner in the Corona Lumber Company here (CLM, 8/15/54), was proclaimed 1956 Man of the Year at the recent annual installation banquet of the local chamber of commerce. The recognition to the lumber dealer was based on his record of civic activities and also his outstanding work as chairman of the 1955 Exhibits committee of the chamber, when award money garnered through display of a giant "Superman" replica helped the Corona C. of C. balance its budget. Young Terry, who operates the retail yard with his uncle, Howard Ware, is active in the Riverside Hoo-Hoo club.

Redwood in Model Home

California redwood was one of the two lumber species used as major construction materials in a new and outstanding model home, House Beautiful Magazine's "Pace Setter" house for 1955, erected on the Texas State Fair grounds.

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Who Wos rheKing, Anywoy?

The big black-maned lion got up one morhing in the African jungle, feeling particularly mean a,nd ornery. He started out through the jungle and, every animal he met, he stopped and snarlingly demanded: "\Mho is the king of beasts ?"

"You are, Mr. Lionr" of course they answered. By the time he had gotten this reply from a dozen animals of different kinds and sizes, he was really strutting and acting kingly. Finally he came to where a great elephant stood in the shade of a tree. The lion strutted irp to the elephant

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and, in his nrost ferocious voice, demanded' "Who is the king of beasts?"

The elephant wound his trunk around the lion and threw him way up in the tree. He came thurnping down, crashing from one limb to the other until he hit the ground all bruised and bleeding. And as he limped away, he said to the elephant:

"You don't have to get mad just because you don't know the answer !"

Richordson Plqns Exponsion

John Richardson of the Richardson Mill & Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is submitting a new plot plan to the Orange County Planning Commission for erection of nine buildings in the southeast La Habra. Calif.. area. He said he wanted to use them for light manufacturing and storage in the R-4 suburban residential district, and told the commission he needed more room for operations. Two portions of the land south of Imperial highway and west of Fullerton road are in La Habra and the remainder in Orange county.

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In order to better serve the California retail trade, Twin Harbors Lumber Company, one of the largest producers and distributors of lumber and plywood on the west coast, sold its interest in Interbay Lumber Company of Oakland on January 10 to a new partnership consisting of Lyle S. Vincent and H. R.'"8i11" Williams.

The new partners, who are neither new to the business nor new at working together, will continue operation of Interbay Lumber, stressing construction and industrial business with the emphasis on Service with a capital "S" and spot delivery of materials to job-site.

Lyle Vincent, who has been managing partner of the Interbay Company since its formation ten years ago, has been prominently identified with the lumber industry since 1917, and is well known and respected throughout the Northwest producing region as well as in the Bay area, where he has been active in lumber distribution for the past 18 years. During eight of those years prior to taking over the Interbay operation, Vincent was active, along with Bill Williams, in the distribution of lumber throughout Northern California for the West Oregon Lumber Company, with offrces then at No. I Drumm Street in San Francisco.

Bill Williarns's term with West Oregon was later interrupted by a call from Uncle Sam. After serving three years with the U. S. Navy Seabees, Williams returned to the Bay area and became associated lvith the Vincent Whitney Company in Sausalito, of which firm he is vice-president today. In addition, Williams also again represented West Oregon Lumber Company in Northern California from 7946 untrl 1952, when he decided to devote all of his time to Whitco in Sausalito.

During the past decade, Interbay Lumber Company has

established a reputation for speedy and reliable service to the construction and industrial trade throughout the Bay area, and the new partnership is planning not only to keep that reputation, but to add to it.

"We will continue to pride ourselves in carrying a good diversified inventory of standard items, allowing spot delivery to the job in many cases," Vincent pointed out. An efficiently run yard operation, coupled with adequate delivery equipment and a locartion in the heart of the East Bay industrial section, has enabled Interbay to build up a good and growing spot delivery volume of standard yard items.

The firm employs five regular yard men and operates four trucks, two lift trucks and three carriers in its over-all operation. fn many cases, lumber delivery to nearby industrials is facilitated by the use of carriers instead of trucks. This works to the advantage of both parties concerned, Vincent points out, because it saves him loading time and

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HANDSOME I'NTERBAY OFFICE buildins (lefi, obove) srqnds ot lwo-wqy yord enironce; shot from the opposite bonk of rhe Alqmedo Estuory shows yord's 675.feet deep-woter docking fqcilifies. Lyle S. Vincent, monoging portner of ne\r compsny, chown ot lower left ond ogoin cr right wifh lorry Nelson, industriol soles mgr.

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lro Brink Refires qf Diomond Mqtch Co.; Succeeded by Ghester Hinshqw

Chico, Calif.-The Diamond Match Company announces the retirement of Ira E,. Brink, general manager of its California retail operations, on February 15.

Mr. Brink has been with Diamond f.or 47 years, and during that time, particularly the last 19 years of general managership, he has been a well-known and respected figure in the many communities where Diamond conducts its retail operations.

fn announcing the retirement from New York, Robert G. Fairburn, president, said, "Ira Brink stands for the very best in loyalty and devotion to a company over a period close to half-a-century. It is regrettable that a man of his vitality and ability has arrived at retirement age. He richly deserves the leisure and freedom of his retirement, because no one could have been more single-minded in applying himself to the best interests of Diamond."

Mr. Brink will be succeeded in the general management of California retail lumber yards of The Diamond Match Company by Chester Hinshaw, formerly district manager of Stockton area. Kenneth Brorvnell has been promoted from superintendent of retail yards to manager of yards and stores.

Ira Brink plans to devote his time to his home, friends, community affairs, recreation and travel. He will continue to reside in Chico. He was born in Genoa, Ill., July 27, 1889, moved to Iowa at the age of five, and received his education in that state. He attended Toland's Business University at Mason City, and completed the two-year course in one year, receiving his diploma while only 17. He went to work with a grain and lumber firm as a bookkeeper and stenographer, and two years later was appointed manager of their Hanlontown, fowa, bran,ch.

Delayed deliveries can mean the difrerence between profit and loss in many a lumber or building mrterials yard. Calaveras keeps faith with its dealers by operating the largest company-owned transporl, fleet in northern California on split-second schedules to fill its delivery commitments.

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In 19@, just two years after Diamond had purchased the timber lands, sawmills, factories and seven retail lumberyards of Sierra Lumber Company, Ira Brink came west to join the Diamond organization as manager of the Arbuckle, Calif., yard. Two years later he was promoted to the managership of the Woodland yard, a position he held f.or 12 years. By that time Diamond had built its chain of retail yards to 31, and Mr. Brink played an important part in the acquisition and development of the added yards.

In 1923 he left Woodland for the main office of Diamond's California operations at Chico. He was appointed superintendent of all retail outlets, and in time the chain was built to a total of 74 branches. Upon the retirement of the late W. B. Dean in 1937,Ira Brink.rvas appointed manager of all yards and stores, which included the apiary departments in Chico and Los Angeles, the Sacramento wholesale builders hardware division, the fleet of VV trucks, and the department of purchases.

Mr. Brink resides at 488 East Third Street in Chico with his wife Marge. His grandson, Gary, attends St. Mary's School in Berkeley, California.

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YOU CA]I A]WAYS REIY OlI ROCKPORT

Never o question qbout quolity, olwoys fully up to C.R.A. grsding. Norhing surposses Rockport's Ceriified Dry Redwood Bevel Siding ond Finish. Some woy with service. Rockporfs mllls hove modern equipment builr for speed in every operotion from sowmills to fqst delivery system.

Rounds Lumber Company is excfusive dlstrlbvtor fior Rockporf Redwood ond sofes qgent lor other-leadlng Redwood rnilfs. Rounds ofso represenfs producers oI top quality Douglos Fir, White Fir, Ponderoso Plne ond Sugor Pine.

Hoo-Hoo-Ettes Moke 'Bosses Nighr' Evening of Fun

If the ladies of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1 manage their offices and their bosses during business hours like they managed their first annual "Bosses Night" at Rodger Young auditorium in a gala evening February 13, then the state of building materials in Southern California is in very good shape indeed.

With a record turnout of almost 200 persons for the night of fun, fine food and friendship, the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes provided three excellent speakers, some grand door prizes and very top-drawer entertainment for the pleasure of their guest bosses, husbands and friends. The merits of the evening were such that the lumberwomen were being urged even before the program tvas over to make this an annual industry event.

After the prime rib dinner, President Mabel Staser of the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes introduced Orinda Hazen, the secretary, and a very brief business session was conducted before getting down to the entertainment planned for the guests. Second Vice-President Alma Christian introduced the first artist, Patti Beach, as mistress of ceremonies for the stage show. This very vivacious brunette brought on the wellknown pianist, Felix de Cola, to charm the audience before she went into her orn'n magic act. Both artists, furnished by the Wagner Agency, were tops and delighted the large crowd. Miss Beach brought onstage two men from the audience, Nolan Mills and Cleve Langston, with often

hilarious results. Pianist De Cola called from the audience to assist his act.

on Clyde Proctor

The lumber ladies provided several handsome door prizes for lucky guests. They were won by C. T. Proctor, Russ Swift, Bill Foster, Jack Baser, Stanton Swafford, Don Ford, Lloyd Webb, Dr. Montenegro and others. The prizes were donated by H. M. Nelson Co., Lawrence-Philips Co., E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Patten-Blinn, D. C. Essley & Son, and Allied Veneer, all of whom President Staser thanked.

Anne Murray, one of the founders of the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes in 1951, was called on and gave a brief and interesting history of the club. She was generous in her praise to Ole May, Roy Stanton and Dee Essley, prominent local .HooHoo members, for their enormous help and encouragement in the difficult formative years of the now very successful club. She stated the u-orthy goals of the women members.

Jim Forgie, 1955-56 acting Snark of L. A. Hoo-Hoo, rvas introduced next and told of the Club 2 activities, aims and future events.

Before introducing the main speaker, President Wayne F. Mullin of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn., Mrs. Staser thanked all of the "bosses" in attendance for their participation in the event.

Mr. Mullin recalled that he owed a great deal of his frrst knowledge of the industry to a woman, Ann Baker (now of the Tarzana Lumber Co.), for his first lumberyard

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lmportqnf Producf ooo

J'he follou,ing list oi Floof Ioo-llttcs ancl thcir gue sts i_s bclie ver<l to be a conrlllctc roster of those in attcntllrncc.

fliLlr.ul ,\bhott. Corrine r\rlarrs, 1{uth Arnr;rnrl. lilcaror Blantou. ]iliz:rLcih l)c- nr' rlr. Il( rr_\ .\l,rrrill, I\lrrr; Slr, I,l,,rr :rrr,l llr,r'-joly l.r-\l',r.i jrl(l {irrr"l- til;r,lJ. Roliingcr, l.erd J. II:Las, r\orvcl Jonis, Ilcletr I'rrro, l,eroy II. Starrror, rr.. Leltoy, Jr. iru(l -\Iitzi Stanton. Starrlorr and lleri Srrailorrl, and Llol.cl \\'elr1r

E. J. StantorL {t Son.

Jane r\rlanrs; I(ced Porter-The California I-unrirtr Jlcrchant.

__,Gertrrrle Arrnstrong; Dee lisslcy, \\'ayne \\'i1sor. ('hrrck I-enber :urd Il-

By ron Arnrstrorrr D. (-.. Essley <t Son.

_llaza Tlailcl.. Stella Seemeyer; I.l(l(lic

Ilauer-Atl:rs l,rrnrLet Co.

,r\un Baker, Orinrla Tlazen; 'ferry llullin, Don ,\l c('oig 'Iarzana ' Lunrlrtjr

L.O.

Ann llellino: Ch:Lrlcs Smith Garder:t

l,unrlrer (-'o.

Sailye Bissell. Erlra Kirkman; F. \\'. ( Iick. {ieorqc I-ru'1, r ick.orr, Jr., ..Brrtch', ll;,rr irrc, r. (-. f. 1,r,,, t,,r. llillarrl

I'edigo. Felicia Iieid \\'cycrhaeuser Sales Co.

Jirrl e Bolmer.

,\lr.ina 13oylc, Erlith Cirannis, Dorolhy llagcrman, llabcl llrrrrroe, llar, g,rrerr'te Nfc\\ftorter, \lariarr Schuck, (ilarrr Willis; and Charlcs 13ressoutl, t irrr irr D, '-ierrr. f)orr ( Srrtlrerin

l';Lftcn-Illirrrr I-nmlrcr (-rr.

_Frlerh Butrerfield, K;11. I'oe; \\rayne

Ir. -\Irrllin, A. J. IIarrscn.'l,orrell KolL -

.\[ullin I-trrrrlrcr Co.

_,\lrna Cbristiao, Dar'!dson Plyrvootl & I-rrnrlrcr ('rr-

I-ora C1egg, State Farm Ilsurlrrce Crr.

lda (iulncr; Sterling \\.olfe -flrrrqurrt-Wolfe Lrrnrber Co.

_Ilrrrricr. ( rrlr, r. Erelyrr Frrrerr. l),,r.

othy ( )sl,,,r lt T.r,rrr.:r Trrrk, ,\vi. \\'lrirr

s,le: -\\';rltrr t,'jnrl,-. Par IIcKr.,.lr;rr, Frcd l'honras [Iarnnrond f,unrlrer Co.

._\Iartrr*r'lt. lt r,,rr: I. l.e-rir ( lrrrli, \olarr flill. .\lli.rl \'-rrtcr Co.

llilJrr,l Iir.rr-. l.ir,lsel- Luml,cr C,,.

.\larqj.r-rl ( il;r,lislr. I )ororh]. Jorrt,.

flarie \\'ilter|urg; llarl Cro&ett, llili

l)arrner. -\'iolcl \c:rl, Ilobert Wells, IIal

\\'eber-Tar1cr, \\'clrstcr & Johnson.

Er.elyn Ilowcll: \1. \\'. Crook paciilc

Irir Sales (ir.

Nelle Hoilarrrl, I-:rsrcrrce-l,hilips T_unr, .,

l).c Ho-'.,: .l,rck. Il.;r-, r. l.ir, 11.. Brr,l,l

/.c(s11i11 rl-!\tuorL { urlr.

IloLerta Kincarlc.

Rertia Lathanr, -ft,nrre Sr:rviss; Ilerlr (iciserrhtller (Coast Iiilrr Co.), Louis

Kllr( r t. { ort Jlrc,'rr. llrrss Swifl, Frc,l

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Irlrr lr.s. I Iarkirr.. ( lrrrr l,,llt X"t.t .r.

ll:rr-v Jo Sprague lirolric.rLl & \\'cstcin

l-unrlrcr (lrr.

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I{irlgt: I-rrnrber (io.

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I-umlter Scrvicr,.

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I-ee's Agercies.

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I'acit'ic Plluoorl.

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J{osscrr. I)ortrthy Sinrons, -lolrrr Scentc}er;

:rrrri Iicss [)i1Tc-v, Dorr I.irrrl I.'crrr'I-ruck-

ing (ir.: -finr Forgie, I{olrcrt S. ()sgoorl:

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SAN FRANCISCO, CATIFOR,NIA

HOO - HOO- ETIES furnished rop0ight entedoinmenl for lhe po,rty os shown ot top left: Presridigirotor Potti Beoch wos ossisfed by Nolen Mills ond Cleve longston. Woyne F, Mullin shown speoking dt top righr; Orindo Horen ond Terry Mullin shown ot righr of roslrum. Jim Forgie seen speoking ol lower left, flonked by President Mobel Slqser. lower righl scene shows Mr. Mullin, Mrs, Stqser ond Anne Murroy ot the mike relling of rhe history ond oims of the Hoo-HooEres.

IUMBER DIVISION

DOUGLAS FIR

. PONDEROSA PINE

. WESTERN RED CEDAR

O CEDAR SHINGTES

. REDWOOD

DOUGTAS FIR PTYWOOD

FIR-TEX DIVISION

FIR-IEX TITE.PLANK.BOARD

. FIR.TEX ACOUSTICAT TITE

O FIR-TEX HARDBOARD

. FIR.TEX ROOFDEK

. FIR.TEX SHEATHING

. DOUGIAS FIR PTYWOOD

. COOS BAY HARDBOARD OVERTAY

PAGIFIE troAgiT FO REST PRO DU GTS

FRESNO OFFICE

P. H. (PAT) TYNAN

'RESNO 9-4959

SACRAI,IENTO OFFICE

HUGH CRABB

HUnter 2-O52O

instrttction at the olcl \\'oodhead Lumber Co. He told the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes :rnd guests of the crlrrent rvork of the SCI{I-A, its aims :rnd historr-. N'fr. XIrrllin concluiled his short brrt stimul:iting message lty cleclaring that the HociHoo-Ettes. Hoo-Hoo and SCITLA are all u.orking togetl.rer norv for the goocl r-rf tl're industrr,..

During the splencliri ever-ring's progr:rn1, cach I-Ioo-Hoolttte member \\'as called on to introduce herself and her "boss or bosses." l'resident Staser concluded the party by saying that they hope the local "Bosses Night" might become an annual.

Scrn Frqncisco's nDicrmond Heighrs' Given Federql Developmenf Funds

One of the last large underreloped areas in San Francisco r,r.ill become .a modern residential neighborhood rvith the help of Ferleral funds appror.ed by Urban Renelval Commissioner J. \\'. F-ollin, rvho approved a grant of $915,988 and a loan of $6,790,882 for the "Diamond Heights" urban renerval project, located onh 2f miles south of the city's clorvnton'n area in 324-acres.

Although much of the Diar.nond Heights area u,zrs subdividecl in 1863 ancl 186-1. normal developr.r.rent rv:rs pre-"'enterl by an unrealistic grid street pattern snperimposed upon :r steep hillside terrain. I-ots of irregular form ancl sh:lpe, lllany excessir-elt' long and narrow, rvere laid out in disregard of cliffs, steep grades, and rock outcroppings. Many of the mapped streets are so steep they could not lre used iI constructed. Only lS/a oi the area is norv built up. Al-

most half of the present houses r.vere built before 1919, rvith only ten put up n ithin the past few years. The 122 drvelling units presentlv house 36 families. 13iighting influences include truck 1'ards, stables, unsightly sheds, and trvo large cluarries.

Irresent redevelopment plans call for some 2,300 homes served by a street system clesigned especially for the steeit hillsicle terrain, and u'hich u.ill take maximum advantage of the magnificent viervs afforded in all directions. When finished, the area ivill contain new schools, playgrounds, and community shopiring facilities. In addition. the San F'rancisco Recreation and Park Commission rvill develop tl-re 10o-acre Glen Canyon as a park to provide an outdoor environment rarely found so close to built-up areas.

The San Francisco Rederrelopment Agency expects the Diamond Heights project to ease considerably the city's acute housing shortage. The nerv housing is also expected to aid in rehousing families displaced from the crorvded siums of "\\restern Addition," another Federally aided project for t'hich URA approval is expected in the near future.

Tucson Yord ot New Address

Tncsorr, Ariz.-The Neal R. \\raugh I-umber Cornpany here-the "Personal Service I-umber Yard"-has recentlv movecl from its former 6th Aver-iue lociLtion to nerv and larger cluarters at 4729 East 22nd St. The acccnt rvill be on modern merchandising in the yllrd's ner,v store, reports N{anager G. J. Raymond.

More Changes in Rules.l{o, 15

By H.V. Simpton Exe c u tiu e V ic e -Pre s id ent

at

Lum.b etm en! s As t ociat i o n

More information has been packed into the new West Coast grading rules, Rules No. 15, than in any previous such book published by this industry.

A careful reading of Rules No. 15, which is now being distributed, is recommended. Here are some of the important points to look for.

The system of numbering paragraphs has been revised and made uniform. All Douglas fir grades, for example, are numbered in the 100 series; all West Coast hemlock grades are numbered in the 200 series; Sitka spruce in the 300 series; and \Mestern red cedar in the 400 series.

Thus, the paragraph number for V.G. Douglas fir Finish is 101 ; the paragraph number for V.G. West Coast hemlock Finish is 201 ; for Sitka spruce, 301 ; and for Western red cedar, 4O1.

The Board paragraphs become lN f.or fir, 220 for hemlock, 320 for spruce, and4h for cedar.

Dimension lumber 7' to 4" thick and 7' to 4" wide is graded under the Light Framing paragraphs-lQ? f.or fir, 222 lor hemlock, 322 f.or spruce, and 422 for cedar.

Dimension lumber 2" to 4' thick and €' and wider is graded under the Joists and Planks paragraph-|23 lor fir, 223 f.or hemlock, 323 f.or spruce, and 423 for cedar.

Sub-paragraphs have also been made uniform and easier to find. In Clears, all B&Btr. paragraphs are designated with a sub-letter "b," C paragraphs with a "c," and D paragraphs with a "d." Thus, B&Btr. V.G. Douglas fir Finish becomes 101b, C V.G. Douglas fir Finish becomes 101c, and D V.G. Douglas fir Finish becomes 101d.

In Boards and Dimension, the top grade is aln'ays identified with a sub-letter "a," the second grade with a "b," and so on. Thus, Select Merchantable Douglas fir Boards are graded under paragraph 120a, Construction Douglas fir Boards (formerly No. 1) under paragraph 120b, Standard Douglas fir Boards (formerly No. 2) under paragraph 120c, Utility Douglas fir Boards (formerly No. 3) under paragraph 120d, and Economy Douglas fir Boaids (formerly No.4) under paragraph 120e.

Included in the Introduction to the rules and the section on Special Grading Provisions is new information on the function of the Bureau, grade stamps, grades, inspection procedure, and grading practices.

Many more illustrations have been used than in any previous grading rule. Pictured are sample grade stamps, knot sizes permitted in stress grades, and methods of measuring knots, shakes, checks, splits, slope of grain, and rate of growth.

Also shorvn in detail are 75 lumber patterns-nearly double (Continued on Page 54)

One of the actions taken by the board of directors of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California at its regular quarterly meeting in San Francisco recently was to approve and adopt a new insignia for the apsociation's members to use in their promotional and advertising activities.

This attractive emblem, to be available in mat form, will identify association members to the public and to other' segments of the construction industry as progressive merchants who are interested in offering better services, improved merchandising techniques, and who have a sincere regard for their business and their industry. The insignia mats will also be made available to associate members of the LMA who wish to identify themselves as srlpporters of the association's activities.

The mats will be available in one-inch and one-half inch size suitable for use in newspaper, magazine or telephone book advertising, letterheads, memo pads and business cards.

Steve Yaeger (left), Yaeger and Kirk in Santa Rosa, as chairman of the Lumber Merchants Association Safety Committee, announces that plans have been completed with the California State Workmen's Compensation Insurance Fund to film a series of colored slides showing the safe and unsafe ways of doing things in a retail lumberyard and store. The pictures, to be made at the Fairfax Lumber Company in Fairfax, Marin county, with the cooperation of Olvner Frank Boileau and his employes, will emphasize the proper methods of lifting various materials, prevention of injury to the eyes and face, proper operation of yard and milling equipment, proper method for getting on and off truck beds, rail cars and lumber piles. The slides, when completed, will be shown to all employes of association members, Yaeger said,

The A.IMA-NAc

as part of the LMA Safety program to reduce yard accidents and to lower insurance costs.

LMA President

Charles Shepard, of Friend and Terry Lumber Company, Sacramento, has welcomed two new members into the association. They are The Builders Supply in Paradise, Beryi Robinson, manager, and the Redwood Lumber Company in San Jose, Don Soutar ancl Ken Bacon, partners. President Shepard also welcomed Pine Tree Products Company, Emeryville, rvholesale distributors of building specialties, as the newest associate member.

Eight dealer meetings have been scheduled for LMA members to get the complete details on the WCLA grading rules changes contained in the soon-to-be-issued Grading Rules Book No. 15, according to Jack Pomeroy, executive vice-president of the Lumber Merchants Association. The meetings, to be held in late February and early March, are being conducted by Pomeroy and Ken Jorgensen, WCLA grading inspector, in Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Stockton, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Salinas and San Luis Obispo.

Dealers are welcome to invite as their guests local contractors, building inspectors, architects or other interested parties. Meeting places are being announced through associationbulletins. * * *

fnformation and the tools needed to put a Revolving Credit Plan into operation have been sent as a kit to the membership of the LMA. The materials include an outline of the procedures to follow to establish a revolving charge account plan, the experiences of other dealers who have pioneered the idea, and printed application forms and literature for distribution to the O*tt: explaining the plan.

The first of the 1956 series of one-week training courses

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George B. Freeland is manager of this firm which services Northern California dealers.

Chorles SHEPARD, Pre:idcnt Lumber illerchqntt As3ociotion

II EiIBER SHEPARD,

Jock POiIEROY

Are you cerhing in on the trend to Asbertos Flerboclrd in board clnd bcltten conslruclion?

o One of the most exciting developments in home building has been the use ofJohns-Manville Asbestos Flexboard@ in board and batten construction. This modern material meets every basic requirement for an exterior siding.

Made of asbestos and cement, it has the permanence of stone. Sheet sizes are ftom 4' x 8'up to 4' x 12', in r18",31L6" and ll4tl thicknesses. Applied over J-M rilfleathertite

Sheathing in conventional frame construction, it provides a finished exterior wall not only at lower construction cost but at lower maintenance cost to the homeowner. Flexboard can be painted* any color desired but never needs painting to preserve it.

Learn more about this new method of building with Flexboard. Send for the free booklet, "The Modern Trend in Home Design." $Zrite Johns-Manville, Box 111, Dept. CL, New York 16, N. Y,

Asbestos Flexboeird gives you color*- beoulythe permanence of stonecll ct lower cost!

Kindliness lS Godliness

"Cleanliness is next to Godliness," says the old proverb. Kindliness IS Godliness, is a newer and better one. There is no plan of living, no theory of acting, no philosophy of doing, and no campaig,n of preparation for the future that is not built on kindliness.

There is no single ingredient in the sovereign prescription for human success that is one-half so important-with the single exception of honesty-as kindliness.

With every day that passed, with every evolution of human thought and action, there comes more prominently into the foreground the understandi,ng of the limitless worth of kindliness.

Every worth-while man and woman loves and appreciates kindliness. We spend our lives searching for it in everyone with whom we come in contact. Instinctively we look into the faces of those we meet seeking for a display of kindli-

Let This Be cr Lesson!

The Curtis Company wanted to move some surplus mouldings which its salesmen said they just couldn't sell. So their salesmanager, Adolph Voge, sent an unsigned check for $25 to each salesman's wife with a letter stating that when her husband hit his assigned quota on mouldings, she could bring the check in for signing and keep the money.

Result: Moulding sales increased 330/o and almost every wife collected her $25.

ness. Finding it, the barriers quickly drop.

We choose friendly men for points of contact in every line of business. Every wise business man seeks to place in his organizaqtion friendly people to meet his trade, whatever it may be. It is an immediate invitation to better business relations.

The glance of the eye, the smile, the manner, the handshake, all tell their story. It was that superb thing that made Abe Lincoln greatest of the great. He was always kind to those who deserved kindness. Moses wa6 the great leader of earlier days, yet we are told that he was the meekest and kindest of all living men.

For truly, in our business as in our personal lives, kindliness IS Godliness. And, like salvation, it's free.

Dodge Reports Show | 955

Construction Hit All-Time High

Contract awards for future construction in the 37 states east of the Rockies, listed in the Dodge Reports in December and for the whole of 1955, set several new high dollar records, F. W. Dodge Corporation announced. The year's total of $23,745,277,000 was an all-time high; N/a higher than the 1954 total, which itself broke all previous records.

Last year was the 10th successive year of new record volumes. The residential classification hurdled the l0 billion mark for the first time in Dodge history.

December set the top mark for any December, at $1 ,92O,754,W: up 5/o from December of 1954.

for the fi nest q uality.

DEMAND

SE LABELS M

Only red cedar shingles, machine-gtooved shakes and handsplit shakes that have passed the strict Red Cedar Shingle Bureau inspection for grade may carry these labels. This inspection is a service that costs you nothing. Make certain you feature only the brands that offer you this extra measure of m protection. Look forthelabels under the bandstickoron m ffi ffi f,ne canon - cer'graoe. ce*rgroove. cerrr-Sp'r.

RED GEDAR SHINGLE BUREAU ilreT !-

Molor Advonce in Plywood Product Technology Announced by Two Big West CocrstFirms

Seattle, Wash.-A unique nerv development in plyrvood technology \vas announced jointly January 12 by United States Plyrvood Corporation and Cron'n Zellerbach Corporation. The imrnediate result is :r n,eather and .lvaterproof plastic-surfaced fir plywood panel that promises to lon'er the cost and lengthen the life of homes, commercial buildings, signs, small boats, built-ins-even kitchen cabinets and "do-it-yourself" items.

Both companies say that, among other things, the ne.n' process rvili significantly lot er production costs in the manufacture of plastic-surfaced plyrvood and that it increases veneer yield from the 1og.

New Plastic-faced Plywood

The neu' panel, r,vhich United States Plynood Corp. will market nnder the name Duraply, is faced vvith Crown Zellerbach's Crezon, a resin ,cellulose plastic sheet fused to the panel surface. Duraply combines the paintability of modern plastics with the strength and versatility of plyrvood. Used as siding, the Crezon surfacing assures a more durable, check-free, high-quality paint finish, and the plyrvood is so stron5l that one thickness of Duraply can function as both outside wall surface and structural sheathing.

What It Means

The most sigr-rificant aspect of the procluct, horvever, is the u'ay in u'hich it is made. Ths key to the process is a nerv machine that automatically fills knotholes, splits ar-rd other surface irregularities in the base panel rvith a plastic compound providing a smooth, solid foundation for the Crezon overlay. This eliminates vr,'ithout any sacrifice in quality the need for scarce and expensive high-grade surface veneer normally required to provide a solid base for the plastic surface.

Commenting on the developme,nt, S. W. Antoville, president of United States Plywood Corp., said: "This is the first of a series of contemplated improvements that could revolutionize the technology of the plywood industry." He said the new machine materially increases usable yields from the log, making it possible to utilize ve,neer from abundant, lower-cost raw material such as second growth timber and saw logs. Antoville explained that the plyrvood industry has been

Corp. deeply concerned over the grorving scarcity of high-grade peeler logs best suited for ply'rvood manufacture, and the necessity of finding profitable outlets for krlver grade rarv material lvhich is now used only for inner plys and sheathirg. "The process provides another volume use for such material," he said.

Better Utilization

Crown Zellerbach's sales vice presider.rt, G. T. Ticoulat, stated that tl-re patching machine and the Crezon overlay itself rvere the results of 10 years of intensive research in CZ laboratories and cooperative development rvith USP as part of a long-range ol>jective r>i gaining maximr-rm utilization of available timlrer resorlrces. "This is ons more step in the effort to make as many useful products from a tree as possible," he said.

Ticoulat also stated that Crezon was the first non-paper product developed by Crou'n Zellerbach and, n'ith a number of more recently discovered chemical by-products, it is leading the \\'ay in the company's effort to utilize available rvood resources to the fullest. "By increasing the yield of forest products and adding more manufacturing valtle to them," said Ticoulat, "developments such as this 'ivill do much to assure a continued stability of the indrrstry and the region."

Tremendous Market

U. S. Plyrvood sees a tremendous potential market for Duraply. For example, about 1,500,000,000 sc1. ft. of all kinds of material rvill be used for siding surfaces on new homes alone in 1956. Although totai production of similar

TOP USP AND CZ OFFICIAIS wolch workmqn ploce plywood ponel in new mqchine: (lefi ro righr) Dr, O. Horry Schroder, Gene C. Brewer, 5. W, Antoville -oll of USP, ond G. J. ficoulot, Williom J. Zellerboch of Crown Zellerboch

FIRST STEP lN PRODUCIIO'N of reporied ponel surfoces is roufing defectr (lefr); then ponel is fed into mochine forcing plostic filler ogoinst "doctor blode" which {illr every defect in ponel foce (center) ond ponels ore cured under infro-red heqt. After filling, ponel is sonded to obtoin smooth. solid surfoce (righr). First producl opplicolion is DURAPIY, plostic-surfcced plywood ponel, ioint product of U. S. Plywood Gorp. ond Crown Zellerboch Corp.

luRllIY f,llt DRYlllE WTINSPEED

Up-to-dote sorling ond hondling of oll lumber on our choin ossures uniform loods in proper width ond length ol q minimum of cost. This mechonicol operolion soves lime ond lqbor for Coost Kiln cuslomers -especiqlly where speed with economy is desired.

Locoted in the heort of the Greofer Los Angeles Industriql district-Adiocenl fo oll Freewoys

Completely AUTOMAIIC Stocking ond Sticking soves TIME, TABOR ond COST. Coqst Kiln is the first lo offer this feolure of mechonicol hondling of oll Hordwoods ond Soflwoods in Soulhern Colifornio. This precision operolion meqns your lumber will be FLATIER ond SIRAIGHTER, whelher oir-dried or kiln-dried, when prepored by mochine process.

Copocity over one-million, lhreehundred lhousond boord feel per monlh. Troined personnel prepore' hondle ond supervise oll species of lumber kiln-dried by Coost. Aulomolic conlrols ond reversible crosscirculolion eliminote much of the downfoll, worping or lwisling when Coosl experls prepdre ond dry your lumber. Becouse of these focf ors, our insuronce roles ore lhe lowesf coveroge in this oreo. All moleriql dried right-dried on time.

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You betcha it's bestIt's Hobbs llall Redwood !

tAP SIDING OF DURAPIY sqves 3096 in lsbor ond moreriqls over othar types of wood siding. A cooi of exterior primer ond only one coot of exterior house point rncy be used products by other plywood manufacturers is comparativel;small, their acceptance in the construction field is gaining ground so fast that industry output in this field doubled last year, reaching better than 13,000,000 feet. Both companies say this is only a beginning.

Lumber dealers expecl the best buy in oll grodes of Redwood from Hobbs Woll. Top milling, groding, hondling ond shipping stqndqrds prevoil

hqve for over 9O yeors.

Pul your Redwood requirements in good honds. Csll, write or wire Hobbs Woll for prompt service.

The manufacture of Duraply begins with a panel of exterior type fir plyr,vood with absolutely tvaterproof glue meeting the rigid performance requirements of the industry's joint quality control program administered by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. The patching machine fills all defects rvith a plastic compound developed by American-Marietta Company. This is then cured under infra-red reflected heat, the panel is sanded and the Crezon sheet is fused to the rvood nnder heat and presstlre.

Both firms shared development costs of the patching machine on rvhich the pending patents are jointly held. It vvill be available under license to other plywood manufacturers in the near future. The cost is moderate and well within the capabilities of the average plyrvood manufactnrer.

Product Advantages

The Crezon used in Duraply in many cases eliminates one coat in a conventional three-coat exterior paint systent. Good paint finishes won't check, peel or blister r,vhen applied to the plastic surface in Duraply, and they are unaffected by sun, rain and freezing temperatures.

Duraply is being marketed by United States Plywood with both one or two-side plastic surfapes in 4x8 sheets 5/16-inch to z/a-inch thick. In addition, the company will precut and package special, wideJapped siding with beveled drip edges, furring strips applied and ventilation provided.

To house its new production equipment, the compar-ry is completing an addition to its Seattle plant and rvill reach volume production in early spring.

Jonuory 1956 Building Permits Roce For Aheqd of '55 Figure

If the Southern California building pace continues this year as it has started out in January, 1956 will top the recently entrenched 1955 record. The permit valuation reports lrom 73 Southland cities gathered in the year's first month totaled $1O8,59O,777-an increase of $14,639,055 over January 1955.

Woodwork Institute Moves fo Fresno

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addresses of the area directors are:

Sacramento: Stanley Gustafson, Sierra Mill & Lumber Co., 201 V St.

San Francisco-Oakland-Santa Clara: E. F. Atkinson, Clinton Mill & Mfg. Co., 325 E. 7th St., Oakland, Calif.; J. L. Pierce,'Pacific Mfg. Co., 2610 The Alameda, Santa Clara, Calif.

Stockton: J. R. Little, IJnion Planing Mill, 735 S. Sutter St.

Monterey: Tom A. Work, Jr., The Work Mill & Cabinet Co., 900 Lighthouse Ave.

Santa Barbara: E. G. Ludwick, S. B. Mill & Lbr. Co., 521 E. Haley St.

Los Angeles: llarry M. Libby, John W. Koehl & Son, 652 S. Myers St., Los Angeles; Adolph Warvarovsky, Los Angeles Millwork Co.,936 E. Slauson Ave., Los Angeles; R. L. Young, Pacific Lumber Dealers Supply, Inc., 25914 President Ave., llarbor City, Calif.

San Diego: W. Perry Acuff, Western Lumber Co., P. O. Box 27O, San Diego 12.

Retiring President Bob Hogan took the microphone following an excellent meal at the fifth annual membership luncheon and introduced his successor, Byron Taylor. New President Taylor expressed sincere appreciation of the hard work of Russ Bjorn, Hogan and the offi'cers for the successful 1955 year of the Institute and introduced the new officers and directors by having them stand at the head tables or rise from their tables on the floor. "The ball

is really rolling now and we would welcome criticism and ideas from you a11," Taylor told the members.

Russell Bjorn introduced the featured speaker of the day, (Continued on Page 75)

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY

Many historical events are recorded for the month of March. The best known is Saint Patrick's Day on the 17th. But one of the most important for our economy occurred March IO, 1876, when Alexander Bell sent the first telephone message. The telephone is the very basis of our every-day business life with our customers and suppliers. It has been one of the major factors in our grov/th and prosperity. \We use the telephone and teletype as the life blood of our business to furnish the materials so necessary to customer service

Bob HOGAN (lefr), of Ooklond, congrotuloles his succesror, Byron Toylor of Los Angeles, on his oloction to presidency of rhe Woodwork ln. srirure of Californio

pllrs a,Big Bonus

Fu ni]ure - Q vd lty Wcod W hdowc Iook right for homes and they are right. R.O.W offers the wam enduring beauty of wood in a ftrll range of architectural styles. Modern R.O.We eliminate the problerns of conosion, nrst and condensation.

F,xclvtivc Patenled Conrtruclion perrrits quick removal. Springcushioned metal guidee prevent sticking or rattling-irnure a pennanent year-round weather seal. Repeated checks find first R.O.Ws functioning perfectly afrrx._L2 years ofservice.

$44,000,000,000.

Construction is as vital to the lumber industry as hay is to a horse. It is fine thing for the country that norv authorities can chart construction prospects a year ahead with amazing accuracy, outside of outbreak of war or an invasion from the planet Venus.

Last year at this time, government experts were quoted in "Out of the Woods" on the probabilities in construction for the whole year of '55 and the possibilities for 1956.

The government's statisticians and the interpreters made an amazing record for accuracy on the 1954 outcome. And industrial construction, church building and a ferv other classifications of the kind ran just a bit ahead of predictions for 1955, while private residential building rvas somewhat behind.

Even so, private enterprise housing exceeded the building rate of 1954, and 1956 will see a 2/o rise over 1955, say the experts. They predict that private non-residential construction in 1956 will soar l5/o above last year's dollar volume. More work in the woods. more steaks in the freezer, more lumber !

Work or Die

For the whole U. S. A. construction industry, $44,100,000,000 worth of business will be done in 1956, or 6Vo more than the $41,800,000,000 made in 1955. the rvise men prophesy. The average Oregon-Washington forest industry income of $1,800,000,000 per year flows from this reservoir and pipeline of construction money.

The old way of the lumber industry n'as to yard in the logs, put'em through the saws, dress the top grades, and send out cards saying, "Lumber for sale-come and get it !" An old, old way, long gone, except for a few.

The Pacific Northwest has been the backbone of struc-

CAIIFORNIA IEDWOOD ASSOCTATION oftcers for 1956. elected ot the qnnuol m..ting Jonuory 15, ore, from left to right: Selwyn J. Shorp, :e.elected :ecrelcry.iroo3ur€r' Russell H. Flls of Willirs Redwood Productr, re.elected prcrident, ond Philip T. Fornswodh, execufive vice-president,

6;*bnrf,-4"ng bi*enition"

tural lumber supply for 50 years. In the period, engineering in timber has become as much a leading characteristic of forest industry as forestry in the woods. Forest products research is in the front rank of American science. Nowadays the West Coast lumber business wins top prizes in the advertising field. Great architects are more wood-minded than ever before.

That's how it has come to be with the big breadwinner oi Washington and Oregon. Keep ahead or drop out ! Advertise or ossify ! Work or die !

Lumberman Paul Bunyan is in the big league, away up there with the people who are going to do $44,100,000,000 rvorth of business this year, according to the experts.

(Tell them that you sa,za it in The Calif ornia Lumber Merchant)

SCRTA Meeting Morch | 3

The next regular monthly meeting of the Southern Californra Retail Lumber Association will'be March 13 in Conference Room 4 at the Biltmore hotel, I-os Angelesi The luncheon session will be devoted to one subject, the new west coast lumber grade names. Besides the active SCRLA members, the meeting will be open to its associate (wholesale) members. The Lumber Grades committee will answer questions from the floor about the new grade names.

Anoheim Sets New R,ecord

Anaheim, Calif.-This year's first-month building permits of E4,888,780 were $400,000 ahead of the record pace for 1955 and set a new record for the month : 261 of the 325 permits were for single-family units.

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Perfected REDWOOD FINISH-Now forti{ied with qddition of SRO-lOl for greoter durobilify. Also mqde in cleor ond colored.

These Redwood Finishes ore besi by test. Contoins no Rosin. Mqde exclusively of heot lreoted oils.

Whire Brothers Fetes Emil Rinne On Retiremenf After 45 Yeors

The entire personnel of White Brothers, including Don, half his entire life with our firm--45 years. Charlie and Bill White, gathered in the new offices of White "I can recall my father, the late C. H. White, and Brothers in Oakland on December 30 to pay high tribute W. T. White, our board chairman, stating many, many to one of their members on the eve of his retirement after times that Emil knew as much about Hardwoods as 45 years with the pioneer hardwood firm. any man alive. We know and acknowledge he has been

Don White, president of the firm, delivered the follorving of inestimable value and help throughout his associatribute to Emil Rinne with congratulations and best wishes tion witll us. from the entire White Brothers gang:

"Emil, we wish you luck and happiness in your retire-

"We are here to honor an old friend and associate on the ment. If life gets too boring later on, we will always weleve of his retirement from active business life, and we come you back on full-time, par.t-time, a day or so, a week, gather here much as a similar gathering must have occurred or a few convenient hours a day. We hope you and Mrs. 75 years ago in Finland to celebrate his (Emil's) birth. It Rinne will enjoy many happy hours with this Hi-Fi phonois an honor and a privilege, particularly for me and the graph and the opera records to start you ofi." White family, to realize that Emil Rinne has spent over

Arl Lqrson Wirh Geo. Hommond

Art Larson, who ended a 3Z-year career with the Patten-Blinn Lumber Co. when it recently liquidated the Reseda, Calif., yard he managed, is now affiliated with the Geo. Hammond Lumber Co. at Northridge. P-B's Reseda yard was closed because of the rapid commercial development at its Canby avenue location. Larson will be a field salesman for the Hammond yard, which has been in the West Valley since 1946 and is now in its 50th year.

Larson has been an active civic worker in Reseda for 18 years, having served as president of the chamber of commerce and Lions, vicepresident of the San Fernando Valley P,etail Lumber Dealers Assn.. and a director of the NRLDA.

The Hammond yard at Northridge, which will be featured in an early issue of The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, is headed by George M. Hammond with his two sons, Charles B. and Carroll E. Hammond. It was founded in Idaho in 1905, moved to Glendale in 1923 and suspended during WWII to manufacture metal aircraft parts. That business was sold at war's end and the retail lumber trade resumed in Northridge.

Construction Activity ot Record Jonuory Rote

The value of new construction activity declined seasonally in January 1956 to 92.85 billion but exceeded the previous January record set in 1955 by l/o, according to preliminary estimates prbpared jointly by the U. S. Departments of Commerce and Labor. Private construction declined I2/o in January, reflecting a slightly more than seasonal decrease in residential building.

U. S. lumber production for the first nine months of 1955 topped 29 billion feet for a new all-time record. The increase is entirelv due to increase in softwood production of 12/o over the first nine months of 1954.

Hordwood Plywood Guide Reody

A comprehensive one-piece guide to the selection and use of hardwood plywood has been produced by the Hardwood Plywood Institute for use by jobbers and dealers. It is a liberally illustrated wall hanger, resembling a calendar in format, measuring 20x30 inches, with metal strips at top and bottom; 28 figure types and species, covering more than 90/o of all hardwood plywood sold, are reproduced in black-and-white, while the primary species are in full color.

Highlight of the wall hanger is the color wheel of natural hardwoods, showing the color tones available in 34 difierent genuine hardwoods. It tells how to specify hardwood plywood and contains information on grades, types, cores and

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a general price classification for'each species and figure type. The wall hanger is an aid for purchasing agents, architects, designers and retail salesmen who need pertinent information on hardwood plywood readily at hand. It is bvailable through plywood jobbers, or from the Hardwood Plywood Institute, 600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago 5, Illinois.

New Focilities in Anchoroge

An advance of $25,000 to Anchorage, Alaska, with which to make engineering surveys, foundation exploration, soil tests, and reports necessary to provide preliminary planning for new dock facilities, was announced, to cost $2,766,5@. Construction is scheduled to start in June 1956.

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Legion fumbermen Honor l7 Post Commonders ot Silver Anniversoly

Lumbermen's Post No. 403 of the American Legion is celebrating its Silver (25th) Anniversary this year. This Los Angeles post, consisting of lumbermen and those in allied industries, \vas org'anized in 1931 by Theodore Stearns, formerly of Hayward Lumber & Investment Company, and Jack Brush of the Brush Industrial Company. The original 15 members elected Jack Brush as the first commander.

The 25th Anniversary rvas started off u'ith the Past Commanders' meeting, January 11, with Leo Hubbard of Hayward Lumber & Investment Company as chairman. Seventeen of the 25 past commanders lvere present and each gave a very interesting reminiscence of his year.

There has been only one death in the ranks of past commanders, Russell Gheen of C. D. Johnson Lumber Company. Another point of interest in the post is that 20 years after Leo Hubbard was past commander, his son, LaVerne Hubbard, was elected commander of same post. The present commander is Kenneth Schmidt, with E,. L. Bruce Company of Los Angeles.

The past Commanders attending were Fred Morehouse, Les Cunningham, Leo Hubbard, Milton Taenzer, Maury Alexander, Andrew Foster, Philip Lyons, Sam Giesy, George Melville, Harold Hamilton, Randie Seguine, Tom Mills, Al Shaw, Maurice Boyd, Harry West, Mathew Curovich. LaVerne Hubbard.

(Tell them that you saztt it in The Calif ornia Lurwber Merchant.)

Ernie Bocon Joins Foirhurst

Ernie Bacon, formerly associated with Dant and Russell Sales Company for 17 years, has joined Fairhurst Enterprises, Inc., as manager of the Piyrvood and Building Material Division, with offices at San Rafael, California. Present function of this Fairhurst division is the rvholesaling of Douglas fir plywood.

Ernie is t'ell kno'ivn as former Northern California manager of Fir-Tex for Dant and Russell. Prior to that he was Northern for The Celotex Corporation.

Koiser Nomes Gqlifornio Reps

Kaiser Gypsum Company's general sales manager, Colin L. Campbell, has appointed four sales representatives in Southern California and Arizona. Hugh G. Ferguson has been assigned to handle promotion of lath and plaster sales in the Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange county area; his headquarters will be in Long Beach. Allan R. (Bob) Olson has been assigned to the Riverside-San Bernardino area. Jack L. Cosbey will be working in the San Diego-Imperial county region; he has been a retail building material dealer for the past ten years. Serving in an Arizona territory as sales representative will be Kurt E. Storch, operating out of Tucson.

Calif ornia representative

SATES OFFIGES

To: Mr. Lunber Dea1er

Rer New Name of HELMS-BR0IVN LUMBER COMPANY

From: Stan Helns, Frank Brown and Saur Witzel

We wish to thank our many friends in the retail lumber business and lunber producing industry for bearing with us during our change of firm name.

14re realize that our change of name has neoessitated a oer- tain amount of effort from all of you; however, we feel sure that our new name will save us all tine and effort in the long rpn by eliminating the confusion that has existed in the past. Remember, though, nothing else is changed...justthe name.

Sincerely,

Stan, Frank and Sam

lnlond Lumber Ofrers

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Eureka, Calif.-The greatest log jam in the history of this Humboldt county lumber area 1,vas under attack last month by river crews near here working under direction of the Army Engineers. The jam completely filled the banks of Bull Creek, changed the course of the waterway entirely, and tied up more than $350,000 worth of commercial timber. The jam was three-quarters of a mile long-an immense pile of close-locked logs, trees, branches and debris. Instead of blasting the valuable lumber, they topped standing trees on the creek bank and used them as spars to haul jammed logs out of the water; the creek bed will have to be completely rehabilitated. The over-all job is expected to cost about $160,000.

WHAT You Wont WHEN You Wqnt lt

Ground was broken recently in San Francisco for a $5,500,000 Masonic temple on Nob Hill, southern California Masons were advised. It will serve as a memorial to all California and Hawaii Masons who have died in U. S. wars. The temple will rise at Taylor and California streets within 18 months.

Building estimates in inland northern San Diego county, which includes the city of Escondido and 19 unincorporated areas, showed a $1,883,476 increase in 1955 over '54, totaling $13,564,378. Eleven of the communities, led by Vista with $3,791,O21, showed increases.

Roy L. Smith and Robert

Means have joined the west coast sales force of American Sisalkraft Corp. Smith (left) will cover central California and Nye and Esmeralda counties in Nevada. He was formerly with the sales staff of Roddiscraft, Inc.. and makes his home in San Lorenzo. Means will travel Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and southern Idaho. His home is in Salt Lake City, where he was formerly in the building materials business.

A special machine has been constructed and set up in the Scotia (Calif.) Park to aid in salvaging a large amount of lumber which was carried out of the yards of The Pacific Lumber Company during the December flood. Nfost of the lumber is silted and washed and scrubbed by the new machine.

Dean Henry J. Vaux of the University of California School of Forestry announced Paul Casamajor as lecturer in forestry for the spring semester. A graduate of the U.C. School of Forestry, he was formerly forester for the Shasta Forest Company, Redding, and will teach a course in forest fire protection.

Plans for a $20 million real estate development known as College Crest and featuring 1000 homes, a shopping center and park, were announced for Bakersfield, Calif., in January. It will occupy 286 acres.

Don't forget the Western Pine Association annual meeting at the Sheraton Palace hotel, San Francisco, March 7-B-9-10.

PONDEROSA PINE . SUGAR PINE

DOUGLAS FIR . WHITE FIR

INCENSE CEDAR

Mouldings and Interior Trim

Jambs . Frames . Incense Cedar

Venetian Blind Slats . Glued-up Panels

Cut Stock . Box Shook

Northwesf Hqrdwood Assn. Meets

Seattle, Wash.-A quarterly meeting and general conference on Northwest hardr'r'oods rvas held January 2l by the NHA at the Portlancl Chamber of Cornmerce building,

The rvelcome lr,as by I'resident Emmet J. Nist and minutes of the first annual rneeting last October 8 rvere read. Follorving Nist's talk, "Your Associatior-r, Its Progress and Plans," the treasurer's report rvas heard from Harry P. Caldlvell and the secretary's report by H:rrry O. Mitchell.

The morning's talks s'ere: "Oregon's llardwood Resources," by Forest Economist F. I-. Mor:r.vets, Portland; "Wholesaling Northrvest Hardn'oods," by \\r. E. N[cPherson, Hallinan Nlackin Lumber Co., l'ortlar-rd, and "Devcloping Neu, lJses for Alder," by Wm. H. Robertson, branch

manag'er, and H. I. McMunn, methods engineer, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Longview.

Following the noon luncheon at Albert's Buffet, the afternoon speech rvas "What I See in the Crystal Ba11," by Jack R. Pfeiffer, 'rvood technologist, Oregon Forest Products Laboratory, in ivhich he attempted to forecast the future for Northu'est hardlvoods. Grading Rules rvas the main discussion and A. P. York, Tacoma, talked on log grading; I-. R. Smith, Longvie'n, talked on lumber grading. The nen'business included discussion of the proposed association emblem and grade-mark insignia, committee on shipping weights, hardrvood forest management, handbook on alder and maple, classified directory for the trade, market development program, and research into new uses for alder.

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Workability of Harborite makes easy to cut to irregular shapes.

BOATS

Rugged P.T. boats are made of Harborite... ideal for all marine uses.

INIERIOR PANETING

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Lowest cost per-foot-per-use. Re-uses run 30 to 40 per panel.

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INDUSTRIAT USES

Resistant to abrasion and chemicals. For truck bodies, freight cars, etc.

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For Gfteen years, production of Harborite, the lumber industry's first and 6nest overlaid fir plywood, has gone almost exclusively to the United States Government for the production of P.T. boats and landing craft. Now, new production techniques makes Harborite available in unlimited quantities for civilian use ...at a warehouse price reduced approximately 20o/a (prices vary slightly depending on area.) This super strong, light-weight, structural panel has miraculous weather-proof, split-proof, check-proof qualities.

tworehouse prices... vory slightly in eoch morkel.

Harborite's hard, smoorh, grainless face is the perfect paint-holding surface; grain-raise problems are minimized. Harborite is stronger than steel super-resistant to wear... and impervious to weather and moisture. Harborire wili last a lifetime. These large, lightweight panels are easy to handle, wonderfully easy to work. Use of Harborite cuts time and labor costs to the bone! Cuts paint costs too! Harborite's absorption-resistant surface uses less paint...yet paintfinish lasts longer looks bemer !

The Government specifies vast quantities of Harborite ... here's why!

1. 0nly select Douglas Fir veneers are used in Harborite.

2. Core veneer strips are machine-edged and butted tight.

3. All solid wood-n0 core voids-no flaws.

4. Harbor-developed waterproof glue makes a permanent weld.

5. Core panels are rehumidified to minimize warping and grain-raise.

6. Harborite's resin-impregnated overlay makes a perfect paint-holding surface.

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George Lounsberry Honored

George Lounsberry, senior partner of Lounsberry & Harris, longtime Los Angeles retail lumber concern (CLM, L/l/56), who is now convalescing at home after being hospitalized by a stroke almost a year ago, was honored by the Southern California Retail l,umber Association last month when he rvas elected President Emeritus and Seniot Director. This is the highest honor that the SCRLA has ever bestowed on any of its members and one that Mr. Lounsberry, a staunch supporter of the association since it was first organized many years ago, richly deserved, said Orrie W. Hamilton, executive vice-president of SCRLA.

As an outward expression of affection and esteem, Mr. Lounsberry was presented with a beautiful framed parchment inscribed as follows:

Hingcs ond Trcodr. Highly functionol.

You cqn multiply every ovoiloble foot of disploy qreq when you instoll M&D pre-builf sectionql equipment. Greoler FlexibilityEosy to Keep Gleon Economy of SpoceJ1s1g Modernizotion

In Grateful Apprecia'tion to GEORGE LOUNSBERRY, and in sincere appreciation for the years of unselfish a,nd loyal devotion he has given to the Lumber Industry of California, the Board of Directors of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, meeting t}re 24th day of January 1956, unanimously elected him-

PRESIDENT EMERITUS AND SENIOR DIRECTOR

in recognition of his able and i,nspiring leadership.

Wayne F. Mullin, president

Orrie W. Hamilton, executive vice-president

Orrie Hamilton also suggests that it would do Mr. Lounsberry good to hear from his many lumber friencls norv, and that a get-well card or personal letter would cheer him at his home; 415 S. Rossmore Ave., Los Angeles 11.

WIC Exponding Reseqrch

I-ongview, Wash.-Plans for the expansion of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company's research and development facilities were announced by J. R. Roberts, manager of the firm's Development Center here.

"This expansion of research and development activity is further evidence of Weyerhaeuser Timber Company's desire and determination to discover new and better uses for the raw materials that grow on its tree farms-and, at the same time, to improve on present uses-through more intensive utilization of the forest harvest," explained Dr. W. I. Patnode, Weyerhaeuser's director of research. "The forest industries have barely scratched the surface with their research into the complex materials harvested from the forest. We hope to expand the body of knowledge in this field through increased and renewed activity."

Winners in Bilr-Well Confest

The top 30 winning entries in the nation-wide 1955 BILTWELL Builders' Contest have been announced by the Carr, Adams & Collier Company of Dubuque, fowa. The entries selected include those of : Carroll E. Brock, Al De Weese, and Gerrit J. Henstra, all of Los Angeles, Calif.

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Biggesf Winter Furni?ure Show;

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Capacity attendance, higher prices and full order books characterized the winter furniture market in Chicago. Scores of new designs in a wide variety of woods, fabrics and finishes were heavily purchased by dealers in what u'as termed the biggest and most successful market since the one following the Korean war. A survey of 5O members of the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers showed 63% increased prices at this market, the average hike being 2.5o/o to 3/o. One-third of the manufacturers indicated they would increase prices this spring.

The consensus of furniture manufacturers is that 1956

will be another good year for the industry in general, despite increasing costs to manufacturers.

1955 was an all-time peak year in furniture, both in production and sales. Sales at the manufacturing level averaged about 2O/o over 1954, and it is estimated that shipments of household furniture reached $2.5 billion, exceeding tlre previous peak year by more than IO/o. Television is credited with helping the furniture business materially by encouraging people to spend more time in their living rooms.

Good business among the furniture manufacturers and a liberalization of credit terms by FHA, which is bound to further stimulate private home building, combine to indicate a continuing brisk market for hardwoods.

Wclshington ond Lincoln . . . . . . .

In the month of February were born two of the greatest men in American history; in ALL human history. To attempt to compare their claims to greatness would be idle effort. They were titans, each in his own way. The Bible says that "There were giants in those days." And there were truly giants in the days of Washington and Lincoln.

Lincoln's name is to be found in every wise listing of the men who have done most for humanity and the world.

Washington was the patriot of all patriots who founded the America we cheer so fondly today; the Father of His Country in truth.

The declaration of Lincoln that all the armies of Europe could never by force set foot in the Blue Ridge or drink from the waters of the Ohio: but that if this nation ever dies it will die from within and not from without-is my choice of all his wonderful philosophies. Which is why I fear the borers from within as much as I do the Red attack from without. I fear UNESCO about as much as I do Moscow.

Washington was never referred to in his lifetime as "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." That was a pbsthumous title given him by General "Lighthorse flarry" Lee, Washington's friend and comrade in arms, and later the father of Robert E. Lee.

Washington was the first of six children born of his father's second marriage; and he became the husband of a very rich widow, Martha Custis. History says he was not

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only the father of his countr], but was likewise the father and financial backer of more poor and worthless relatives than any other important figure in American h,istory. When he died he gave his debtors a quit claim to all they owed him.

His mother, Mary Ball, died at the age of 83 the year he became President. Promptness in a,ll things was a virtue with him. When he invited guests to dinner at his home, the dinner was served at the time specified, whether or not his guests had arrived. He said: "The guests have not arrived, but the hour has."

No bromide, this Washington. A terrific and colorful human being was he.

"God must have loved the common people, he made so many of them," wrote Lincoln. And his everlasting sympathy for the common man was the brightest starr in his crown of glory.

Reseda lumber Gompony Closes

Ed Harris closed the Reseda (Calif.) Lumber Company last month after ten years' operation in the rvest San Fernando valley. He said the step rvas forced by the increase in land values which made it desirable to develop the 1.ard's site at Sherman way and Canby avenue with commercial buildings. The buildings, material and equipment $'ere to be auctioned January 26. Harris originally opened the yard in partnership with the late Jerry Voyer.

SET BACl(IilG STEEPERS & GR(|UI{DS without shims,

anchors, or plugs

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Iflounting Sleepers ond Plctes

The plotes ond sleepers ore secured ond furred in one operotion to true ond level olignment. Sleepers ore firm, floors do not squeok ond will beor ony lood.

fllounling Screeds ond Grounds

Screeds, grounds, bose ond roils ore secured fo rough or finished mosonry with pods of odhesive mortor which support the member ond fur it io frue olignmenl in one operolion.

Roi,l and Truck Transit fallies

Oqklsnd Hoo-Hoo Glub 39 Plons Some Exciting Future Events

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Cluli 39, which held a sensational 31st annual Birthday Party February 2l at the nerv L'Horizon room of the Claremont hotel. Berkeley, fronr all reports, isn't resting on past laurels. The March 19 meeting is going to be all-Irish (members excepted) and Frank Timmers has arranged with the Oakland Boys Club to have several youngsters put on the popular boxing matches again this year. A big event is being planned for April 16, when "A Night in Reno" r.vill find the Oakland Hoo-Hoo flying on a chartered plane at 6 p.m. from the Oakland airport and returning at2 a.m. that nrorning. Bob Meyer has made special arrangements with all the clubs in the Nevada resort for a big night.

Joponese Win Alosko Timber

Sitka, Alaska-A Japanese-backed company, the Alaska Lumber & Pulp Co., has made the biggest news here since Russia transferred this one-time capital to the U. S. in 1857. With its award of 5,250,000 b.f. of timber in the Tongass Natl. ForeSt, the company rvill start a pulp mill valued near $50,000,000 and ship the 300-ton-a-day capacity production to Japan.

Srudy Wood Block Finish Flooring

The Building Research Advisory Board has named 18 persons as members of a BRAB Advisory Committee for a Study of the Installation of Wood Block Finish Flooring, under a contract between the Federal Housing Administration and the National Academy of Sciences.

Fir Colifornio Redwood Sugor Pine Ponderoso Pine

Another Cqlifornion Elected To High Office in NAHB

Chicago.-All attendance records fell at the annual convention of the National Association of Home Builders this year as more than 30,000 builders and guests thronged the meetings and exhibits January 22-26 at the Conrad Hilton' and Sherman hotels and the Chicago Coliseum. Facilities were taxed to provide space for 450 manufacturers exhibiting in 700 display booths; 35 separate workshops,, panel and committee meetings 'were packed to capacity. There were 285 top-flight speakers headed by Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell, first presidential cabinet member to take part in an NAHB convention. Highlights of the individual speeches will be printed in future issues of The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT.

Succeeding Earl W. Smith of El Cerrito, Calif., as president cf the NAHB was Joseph B. Haverstick, Dayton, Ohio. The new 44-year-old president is a second-generation builder, starting as a carpenter at 14 while in high school; he has held every elective office in the NAHB. Elected first vice-president was George S. Goodyear, Charlotte, N. C. Another Californian is among the officers this year with the election of Nels Severin, San Diego, as second vice-president.

HBI ro lorger Gluqr]ers

Growth of the homebuilding industry in Southern California is reflected in the move of the Home Builders Institute to larger quarters at 4Ol5 Wilshire Blvd. on February 1. Since its formation in 1940 by six builders, the HBI had been at233O W. 3rd St. It now has 412 members.

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Johns-Mqnville May Enter Gypsum Products Field

Johns-Manville has signed an option on a large gypsum deposit in southern Nevada and is considering entering the gypsum business, said Leslie M. Cassidy, board chairman. "The Johns-Manville Exploration Department is also examining additional gypsum deposits in other parts of the country," Cassidy said. The deposit, located between Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada, is known as the "Lucky Gypsum" property.

"Should the company enter the gypsum business, such gypsum products as gypsum board, plaster lath and plaster, and gypsum sheathing would substantially augment the present line of Johns-Manville building materials," he said.

PROI5PT SIIIPIUIE]IT

Smoll tight knots qnd fine texture . coupled wifh selective monufoclure ond thorough kiln drying . yield o product of exceptionol quoliry. wE ARE FUTLY PREPARED TO SUPPLY LARGE QUANTITIES OF THIS STOCK MANUFACTURED TO OUR OWN PATTERNS, THOS GUARANTEEING A STEADY SUPPTY OF CONSISTENT QUATITY AND PAfiERN. This is why todoy, when you think of decking, think of BTACK DIAMOND first !

Excludve Soler Agents in Cslilornio Jor: POST FALTS tUfflBER CO., Spokone, Wqshinglon

Ercfusive Soles Agents in Northern Galilornia lon KOGAP TUMBER GO., Medford, Oregon

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To determine the Nevada deposit's commercial possibilities, the J-M Exploration Department will soon begin diamond drilling, trenching and other exploratory work on the property. It is expected that this preliminary work rvill be completed within a year.

AIA Meets in Pqsqdeno

I)on Bufkin, Hobbs Wall Southern California representative; Les Harter, Woodwork Institute of California, and Roland Glaze, r.vestern division manager of Rilco Laminated Products, were guest speakers during the dinner meeting February 2 of the Pasadena, California, chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Each of these speakers touched on the uses of wood in residential as well as industrial construction, and the importance of proper specification to insure the very best results and the use of proper interior and exterior siding and paneling to insure customer satisfaction.

More than 75 prominent Southern California builders and architects were on hand to lend an ear and participate in the discussion f<.rllor,ving the speakers.

And Now Another Moore @an-M Kiln.f

Normon l]rorr,ro' Savsalito, Colif.

Since this picture wos token, Normqn C. Johnson hqs inslolled qnolher kiln of lhe sqme design. A lloore Cross-Circulotion Kiln heoted with low pressure outomolicolly oil ftred boiler.

ilore thqn 8,000 kilns of the Cross-Circulqlion design ore in doily operolion. The fqct lhqt so mony of these instqllolions represenl repeol orders is the best testimoniol qs lo the drying resuhs you con expect from this modern drying syslem.

lf you do nol hqve modcrn kiln drying focilirier, let us rend you complete focE, rpccificotions ond price: on lloore Kilnr.

New Mosonite Deoler Aids

An expanded 1956 schedule of four-color advertising in consumer magazines by Masonite Corporation will, according to James H. Hurley, advertising manager, be backed by point-of-sale easels having a place for customers to'pick up free copies of the do-it-yourself plan exploited in the copy. Some 10,000 easels containing plans will be distributed to lumber and building materials dealers for local tie-ins when the magazines are distributed. In addition, Masonite will make available newspaper mats reproducing the same art appearing in the national publications for dealers' placement locally.

Other features will be consistent tie-ins in consumer ads with Operation llome Improvement, the continued use

of coupons, which have proved to be a valuable source of leads for local dealers, advertisements in special magazines to help sell Masonite dealers' customers on the advantages of Presdwood, and continued emphasis on the local lumber dealer as the consumer's best friend in matters of building and remodeling.

Aflos President Visits SoGol

Robert A. Muller, presrdent of Atlas Plywood, Boston, Mass., was a recent visitor in Southern California. During a week spent in Los Angeles he covered distribution talks with John Eells, head man of Davidson Plywood & Lumber Co. Mr. Muller returned to his post via San Francisco and the Pacific Northwest.

Originol Moore Crosr-Circulotion Kiln insralled st Normon C. Johnlon plont.

A recond kiln of rhe romo sizc ond design hot rcccntly been ploced in operotion.

From o Letler Writien by Fro Giovqnni, l5l3 A.D.

I am your friend and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not got; but there is much, very much, that, while I can not give it, you can take.

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. Take heaven ! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Ta,ke peace !

The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it yet within our reach is joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see-and to see we have only to look.

I beseech you to look.

Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging the gifts by th'eir covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering and you will find beneath it a livr,ng splendour, wove,n of love, by wisdom, with power.

Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the Angel's hand that brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me, that Angel's hand is there; the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing Presence. Our joys too; be not content with th'em as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts.

Life is so full of meaning and purpose, so full of beautybeneath its covering-that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven.

Coura,ge then to claim it; that is all ! But courage you have, and the knowledge that we are pilgrims together, wending through unknown country, home.

And so, at this time, I greet you. Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with profound esteem and with the prayer that for you now and forever, the day breaks and the shadows fee away.

Fcrirh

Little Willie knelt at his mother's knee at bedtime, and this was his prayer:

"Oh Lord, please keep that tough little Smith boy on the corner from throwing rocks at me ! And, by the way, Lord, I believe I've mentioned this to You several times before."

Whor One Dollor Will Do

$1 spent for lunch lasts five hours.

$1 spent for a necktie lasts five weeks.

$1 spent for a cap lasts five months.

$l spent for an automobile lasts five years.

$1 spent for water power or railroad grade lasts five generations.

$1 spent in the service of humanity lasts for eternity.

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Foreman: "Ffow is it that you and Rastus started digging at the same time and he has a bigger pile of dirt than you?"

Mose: "He's diggin' a bigger hole."

Pirqtes

By Dorothy Foster Brown

Old men, bold men, weath€r-worn and wise; Hard men, scarred men, with devils in their eyes; Mad men, bad men, curslng at the skiesUnderneath the Jolly Roger.

Some are broken soldiers that the wars set free; Some a,re thieves or murderers of high or low degree; Some are tarnished gentlemen, drifting out to sea, Underneath the Jolly Roger.

Mean men, keen men, cynical and sly; Rough men, tough men, quick to laugh or lie; Sea men, free men, cruising till they die, Underneath the Jolly Roger.

Some are slashed to pieces in the close-packed fight; Some are dirked while sleeping, in the hog, black night; Some are left to swing aloft in all men's sight, Underneath the Jolly Roger.

A Good Fot Pqrt

A quickie movie producer, short on cash but long on nerve, was trying to persuade a hungry extra to appear in his latest picture for an incredibly small fee.

"I know that it's not much," the producer apologized, "but I'm sure you'll be glad you took the part."

"For that miserable fee?" the actor scoffed.

"Not just the fee," the producer explained. "In the first and last scene you eat a sandwich."

Elbert Hubbord on Home Ownership

"The highest average of intelligence, happiness, and prosperity is found in villages where each family owns its own home, and where the renter is the exception. The ownership of a very small plot of ground steadies life, lends ballast to existence and is a bond given to society for good behavior. 'I am no longer an anarchist-I have bought a, lot and am building a house,' wrote a Russian refugee to the folks back home."

When in Scotlcrnd

The official starter at St. A\ndrews golf course is a venerable Scotchman. His job is to take the names of players and assign a starting time for the next day. To him kings and caddies are about the same.

Not long ago a foreign nobleman tapped the starter on the shoulder and said, "Just a mome,nt, my good man. My name is Count Schenzzli and I have selected 9 o'clock in the morning as my starting time."

The Scotchman took no notice of him and went on assigning names and starting times.

The Count demanded: "Did you hear what I said? I'm Count Schenzzli."

"Ayr," said the Scot, "I hear ye. Ye are starting tomorrow at twelve o'clock and ye'll answer to the name of Ferguson."

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ilorris Tyre's Success Srory Spurs $25O'OOO Expcrnsion Progrqm clt

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various enterprises and how he happened to get into the door and wood products manufacturing field.

Like most successful men, Morris Tyre started his business career at the age of nine selling papers. He clerked in candy stores and book stores and headed the wrapping department at Bullock's store. But one of the most outstanding adventures of his life occurred when, as a young man of 2l,he migrated to Alaska to prospect for gold. This experience taught him that you could find gold and success by following the path of sound business development and not by chasing a rainbov'.

Upon his return to California, Morris Tyre clecided that anything pertaining to the building of this great state would

Morris Tyre, (above), pioneer industrialist of Southern California, recently celebrated his 62nd birthday at his offices in the Bel-Air Door Company plant at Alhambra and took time out to reminisce about the growth of his

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succeed. So he established his first big business venture in the glass and paint field and, through this business, became identified in building tract houses, lumber business and furniture manufacturing. He invented machinery to produce much of the materials he rn'as using in his manufacturing business and it is ,currently in use in this country and throughout the world.

In 1940 he started the Bel-Air Door Company, manufacturers of plywoods and doors, which was soon followed by the Tyre Manufacturing Company and Tyre products, Inc. Today this firm produces every type of combination and

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Rugged strength, straightness, durability, high nail.holding abili$-those are the traits that make Douglas Fir unsurpassed for heavy construction. lt's an economical wood for residential and light construction, too, and much.in demand for industrial uses, poles, ties, boxes and crates. Douglas Fir comes in 3 select, b common, 3 structural, 4 dimension, 4 tactory grades. lt is available from most Western Pine Association member mills in straight or mixed cars-together with the other woods of the Western Pine region.

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PART OF PER9ONNEf or Bel-Air Door Co., lefi ro righr (srcnding): Wolf Gordon, plywood 3upr.; WondGll Boden, mill supt.; John Swifr, shippinj cterk; Elizoberh Arrniger, switchboord; Friedc Gron cort clcrk; Murroy Girlin, pioduction control; Julie Kemp, 3.cretory to president; Bcrnsrd Rcbins, order- clerk. Seored ii Wesley S. Eldrcdge, oftce monoger.

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flush door that can be obtained in every hardwood and softwood specie, and including aluminum units. Bel-Air manufactures plywood for cabinets, trailers, furniture, paneling and the aircraft industry. Skins and veneers for the vast production are imported from the Orient, Europe and Canada. and include, of course, materials from the United States.

With a current expansion program of trvo additional factory and u'arehouse buildings underway, Bel-Air claims to be the largest facility of its kind in the west. Over a half-million dollars worth of modern machinery is in use in the 150,000 square feet of plant space. Products of this concern are shipped nation-wide and many of the Californiaproduced doors are in use in Florida, New York and eastern cities.

It requires the services of 250 skilled employes to keep abreast of the production schedule, and a fleet of delivery trucks and other mobile equipment to keep the material moving into and out of the large plant, rvhich is under the supervision of \\rendell Boden, Wolf Gordon, John Swift and Ernest Mills. The executive staff headed by Mr. Tyre includes Sam Fineman. Murray Gitlan, Wesley Eldredge, Bernard Rabins, Corinne Badeau, Julie Kemp, Betty Armiger, and Freida Grey.

Adjacent to the plant in Alhambra is the long Southerr, Pacific spur track which is constantly in use shipping and receiving raw and finished products. To keep the wheels of progress moving it requires the service of a national procurement and selling organization. In the near future the quarter-million dollar expansion program will be completed

and this will include a new veneer drying division, in addition to the warehouses mentioned.

"We rvill continne to build the finest doors to be obtained anyr,vhere at competitive prices without sacrifice of quality," said Mr. Tyre.

New J-M Floor Tile Plcrnt

Plans for building a new floor tile plant at Marrero, La., with an annual capacity of 35,@0,000 square feet of asphalt and vinyl asbestos tile, were announced by A. R. Fisher, president of Johns-Manville Corporation, to better serve Johns-l\{anville customels in the South and Southwest.

At Lompoc, California, a plant for the manufacture of synthetic silicates is nearing completion and will be in commercial production early in 1956, he said.

VA Home Loons 5736 Million In Los Angeles Arecr in 1955

The Veterans Administration guaranteed 59,136 home loans totaling $736,873,475 for the purchase of homes by veterans in the Los Angeles area during 1955, announced L. C. Chapman, manager of the VA regional office. It was the largest number of loans in one year by any office of the VA in the lll years' operation of the program. Previous high year was 1951 with 9442,669,654 in loans.

As of December 25,1955, the Los Angeles VA office had guaranteed a total of $2,793,863,899 in VA loans since its inception-larger than any office in the U. S. Los Angeles county accounted for the major portion, its loans since 1943 totaling $2,n3,07 8,&9.

More Chonges in Grading Rules

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the number shown in Rules No. 14. A number of these are patterns commonly used but not previottsly listed. Of particular interest are six wholly new paneling patterns developed to make possible fresh wall textures and designs.

Stress grades are explained more fully than ever before, and detailed drawings have been added to the section to aid the reader.

The Glossary has been expanded to include a full list of the terms used throughout the rules.

The foregoing changes are all in addition, of course, to the four primary changes which become effective with Rules No. 15 on March 15, 1956:

UTILITY; No. 4 becomes ECONOMY.

The standard thickness of Boards becomes 3/". The standatd width of nominal 6" material becomes 5t1".

The name of the Bureau becomes West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau.

1. Board, Dimension and Timber grades are named instead of numbered. No. 1 becomes CONSTRUCTION; No. 2 becomes STANDARD; No. 3 becomes ELTT'NAfE

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Forest lqnds Restored to Minerol Enrry

Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay has announced the restoration of some 63,958 acres of land to entry under the mining laws on the Stanisldus, Sierra, Sequoia and Los Padres Forests. Similar lands rvere restored recently on the Lassen National Forest. The revocation order affects only those lands withdrawn for Reclamation purposes.

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FHA Sers SoGql Offices

The Long Beach FHA office is now integrated into the Los Angeles office, becoming a service office under the Los Angeles insuring office. Applications for mortgage insurance, etc., will continue to be made directly to that office, and applications will be processed there to the commitment stage, Norman M. Lyon stated. The Long Beach service office will be consolidated on the 8th floor of the Times building at 215 American Ave., Long Beach. However, documents for insurance, together with the initial mutual mortgage insurance premium, and all matters with regard to rental housing projects, should now be sent to the Los Angeles office at 714 West Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, Director Lyon advised.

NEIVPORT BEACH, CALIF.

By this move, the Los Angeles office will ,cover the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Mono and Inyo, with service offices in Long Beach and San Bernardino, and valuation stations in Bakersfield and Santa Barbara, to quickly and efficiently serve the communities within its iurisdiction.

Gqrlsbad lumber Go. New Nome

Carlsbad, Calif.-The Home Builders Store here changed its name January'1 to the Carlsbad Lumber Company. The change is in name only, however, and personnel, ownership and management remain the same, reports Manager H. M. Baumgartner.

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Eqrl Corlson Joins Cords

Norm Cords, owner of Cords Lumber Company in Oakland, has expanded his sales force once again by the aclclition of a well-known lumber personality. Veteran Lurnberman Earl Carlson joined the Cords rvholesale concern February 15. Together with Carlson's many years in lumber, Cords Lumber Company can now boast a total of rvell over 100 years of lumber experience and knor'v-how in its sales staff which includes Norm, Art Williamson and non' Ilarl Carlson.

Carlson, who alone can account for 45 years of experiencc: in the buying and selling of lumber for Santa Fe Lurnber Company in San Francisco, will be dividing his time between servicing retail dealers in the Sacramento ancl San Joaquin Valleys and the Coast Counties area, and holcling down the fort at the Cords headquarters, 3901 Grand Ave., Oakland. The new phone number is norv Olympic .3-5121.

Art Williamson will continue to service retail yards in the Greater Bay area, and Norm Cords is norv looking forward to spending more time out of the office in order to see more of his dealer friends.

NCL Glub Holds lodies Nighr

The Northwestern California Lumbermens' Club held a highly successful Annual Ladies Nite at the Eureka Inn on February 11. Arch LeFors, president of the NCL Club, rated the event as one of the best dinner-dances in the club's history. The annual big evening was further bolstered by good entertainment, including some excellent acts from Hollywood and Las Vegas.

Cocrst Forest Products

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it allows the customer delivery of his materials right where he wants them.

Assisting Lyle Vincent in the operation is Larry Nelson, manager of industrial sales, who has been with the Interbay operation for over two years. Nelson's father was a northwest lumberman, and Larry himself has spent all of his working career, and some time before that, too, in the west coast lumber industry.

The yard itself is located at 333 Kennedy Street, near 23rd Avenue, and is strategically located on a four-acre tract in the heavy industrial area of Oakland. The property, which is owned by Interbay, includes a deep water dock orr

the Alameda Estuary, has a direct approach to the major freeways, and enjoys prime railhead facilities.

In their plans to project Interbay's past operation and sales policy into the future, the nerv partners note rvith pride that steadily increasing customer patronage has proven that the firm has well lived up to its slogan: ..WAI{T LUMBER TODAY? CALL INTERBAY!''

How the modern salesman works, rvhat he does, and why, is portrayed in a 32-page booklet entitled "The Salesman Story" published by the Du Pont Company. It illustrates the vital function performed by the nation's five million salesmen and the vast sales effort that employs, directly or indirectly, perhaps 15 million men and women.

NOW is o good time to push commons, which ore in good supply. Old Supply-cnd-Demond is ploying Ned with the price of Redwood uppers. Higher mill costs cre cutting your mcrgin of profit.

These common grcrdes with some wcste will do pretty neqr what the cleqr grcrdes do. We've got to sell more chorqcter with these common grcdes it's true, but look ot the prolit morgin.

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Moson Monoger in Scottsdole

Phoenix, Ariz.-E. V. O'Malley, president, O'Malley Lumber Co., has named A. C. Mason to manage the company's lineyard in Scottsdale, Ariz. Mason started with the company here 5% years ago, following graduation from the state college at Tempe, and had been assistant manager of the O'Malley-Smith Lumber Co. yard in Yuma the past 4/z years.

Son Diegon Heads Sqwmill Union

San Diego-C. O. Taylor, president of the S. D. AFL Central Labor Council, has been named president of the 25.OO0-member California State Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union by the recent Sair Francisco convention. He is secretary and business agent for the B@member San Diego Local 2020 of. the Millman's lJnion.

Gonsolidoled Written Up

Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington, was the subject last month of a long, illustrated feature article in the Long Beach Press Telegram. Also pictured was George R. Hinkle, manager of the yarcl.

New Hull Phone

The Hull Bros. Lumber Co. at 7030 Canoga Ave., Canoga Park, Calif., now has a new phone number: Dlamond 7-788I, for its Southern California trade.

Seventy-six years ago an iron bridge and a wood bridge were built at Brattleboro, Vermont. Five years ago the iron bridge had to be replaced. The wood bridge is still sound.

Modern Forest Monogemenl Feqtured in Reoder's Digesr Ad

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., in a unique, eight-page advertisement in the February issue of Reader's Digest, tells the full story of modern industrial forestry and what the forest industry is doing to grow and wisely use our forest resources. The section, illustrated with striking, full-color pictures, is entitled "Promise of the Trees-The Story of Modern Forestry and Tree Farming in the Pacific Northwest." It presents a complete report to the American people on a subject of universal public importance-the conservation and management of privately owned forestlands. Part of Weyerhaeuser's continuing public information program, the message explains the company's policies and objectives and the progress made in the modern philosophy and science of forest management.

"Because public understanding is so important to the long-range stability of the forest industry," reports Walter J. Delong, director of public information, "Weyerhaeuser has for years been telling the story of modern tree farming in magazines and newspapers. The Reader's Digest was selected for this unusual magazine 'Spectacular' because of the size and character of its audience and its intensive readership."

"The circulation of the February issue of the Digest will be the greatest in the magazine's 34-yeat history, in excess of 11,000,000 copies," says Fred D. Thompson, Jr., advertising director of the rnagazine. "And, from past research, it is estimated that 36,000,000 Americans, one out of every four families, will read this issue. The Weyerhaeuser ad-

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vertisement may well be the most widely read single insertion ever published."

In its institutional message, Weyerhaeuser describes the relationship between healthy, grou'ing forests and the perpetuation and protection of the nation's agriculture, and of its watersheds, recreation facilities, and wildlife. The ad explains that, through modern tree farming, the forest industry today grows and harvests trees and protects its forestlands from fire, insects and diseases-ro assure an ample supply of wood for the products of tomorrow.

Ghod W. Glcrrk Appointed

Chad W, Clark has been appointed a Wood Conversion Company building products salesman in the San Francisco territory, according to M. S. Wolf, general sales manager. Clark was formerly employed by U. S. Gypsum Company, Los Angeles. He will sell Balsam-Wool insulation and Nu-Wood insulating board products to lumber dealers. Marshall Myers is the longtime Southern California representative for Wood Conversion.

Shows Wood's Versotility

Timber's versatility as an engineering material for commercial, industri4l and recreational structures is presented in a nerv pictorial, "specify Timber," just publish"dtby tintber Engineering Company, research affiliate of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, available without charge from Timber Engineering Company, 1319 18th Street, N.W. Washington 6, D. C.

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The January 12 meelins of the Southern California Lumber Seasoning Assn. was called to order at 8:00 p.m. by President Herb Geisenheyner, Coast Kiln Co., after a deli,cious dinner in the main dining room of the Rodger Young auditorium. He appointed Charles Beckman and Jess Moody as a committee to nominate a vice-president to succeed Al Wahl, of Consolidated Lumber Co. The Committee offered the name of Charles Lakeman, of E. J. Stanton & Son. The membership voted unanimously in favor.

We are all indeed sorry that Al Wahl felt forced to resign as vice-president. Al was president last year of this association, and we in the association appreciate very much all that he did in our behalf. It was necessary for him to resign due to the pressure of business since he has been elevated to the position of assistant general manager of Consolidated Lumber Company at Wilmington. We certainly wish to congratulate Al for this wonderful promotion.

Motion was made and seconded to appoint Arthur Koehler as chairman of a committee to study E. M. C. and prepare our paper for the Berkeley meeting in May. The motion was carried.

Charles Lakeman gxr.e a very interesting talk on his experiences in woodworking and drying on the east coast previoustto coming to California. Charles has had a lot of experience in woodworking from the green lumber through the finished product. His talk of problems he faced and the methods he used to overcome them was well received.

A very interesting and instructive roundtable discussion

Yes, mony deqlers hove found thot rhey con depend on Fisk & iltoson for the hord to get items in roofing. lel us prove lhot we cqn serve you best on Wood Shingles, Hondsplit Shokes, Celotex & USG Aspholt roofing. -For o bundle or q eqrloqd, Coll-

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of q-uestions and ansrvers followed in which all present took part. These discussion periods that are now being experienced at our meetings are most helpful and a wonderful sign of our unity of action toward better seasoning of lumber in our region.-Harland Walters (Acting Secretary).

Point Execwive in Governmenf

Washington, D. C.-The Senate on January 26 confirmed the nomination of Harold C. McClellan, former president of the Old Colony Paint & Chemical Co., Los Angeles, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs. He was president of the National Assn. of Manufacturers in 1954 and previously headed the Merchants and Manufacturers Assn. of Los Angeles.

Mqrlite Appoinfs Jock Schroeter

Marsh Wall, manufacturer of plastic-finished panels, has transferred Jack W. Schroeter to its Northern California territory. Formerly a Southern California representative for Marlite, he u,'ill now be covering all of the Northern California area and will include western |ievada in his territory.

SCR.IA Deqler Groups Meet

The San Gabriel Valley Lumber Dealers group of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association held a luncheon meeting at Eaton's Arcadia Feb. 21. The East Side Lumber Dealers group held a dinner meeting at the Turf Club, Rosemead, Feb.23. Both sessions Nere to elect directors to represent the dealers in these areas.

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Finnish Plywood Executives

Visir A. J. Sommer in Soccrl

Toivo Santalahti, president of Finwood Industries, and Per Ulfstedt, sales manager, Schauman Corp., Jyvaskyla, Finland, were recent visitors in Southern California. They were in Los Angeles to dis,cuss i956 imports lvith executives of the A. J. Sommer Co., Pasadena, western states distributor for Finwood Industries, exclusive agents for the Finnish wood products.

During a two-week swing through the United States, Ulfstedt and Santalahti visited every major city to spread accurate information regarding plywood production and plant operation of the Jyvaskyla mills of the Schauman

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Corporation in Finland. Visits were made with various distributors of the concern and new agencies were established in 10 additional cities throughout the middle west and east.

Upon completion of their southland visit, Mr. Santalahti returned to his headquarters in Ramsey, N. J., and Mr. Ulfstedt departed by air direct to Finland.

Roddis Plywood Profits Up

Marshfield, Wis.-A new record in sales was established in 1955 by the Roddis Plywood Corp. According to the company's annual report, net sales were up 25/o f.or the fiscal year ending October 31, reaching an all-time high of $50,455,982. This total is $10,220,018 higher than the previous high of. $40,235,964 in 1954 and a 48/o increase over 1953 sales. Net profit for the year was $1,420,184 or $1.78 per share, compared with a net profit of $956,6D or $1.20 per share, exclusive of the gain on the sale of timber and timberlands, in 1954.

Pine Mountoin Buys Sqwmill

San Francisco-The Pine Mountain I umber Co., which bought the Deter and Costello sawmill January 11, expects to operate the mill year-round with an increase in personnel, according to Paul and Farrier Penberthy, the owners. Designed to cut 24-lt. timber, the equipment has a capacity of 50,000 feet a shift. Acquisition of the property, together with its sawmill, processing, surfacing and shipping facilities, rounds out their operation, the new owners said.

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Plon | 956 RRLC Meeting

Program plans for the 1956 Redwood Region Logging Conference scheduled for Ukiah, California, May 25 and 26 r',rere discussed at a recent meeting of the conferenbe directors in Eureka, according to Conference President Henry K. Trobitz of Simpson Redwood Company, Klamath. Among subje,:ts considered for a Conference theme was the logger himself, his outlook and his responsibilities-is he the "destroyer" or a competent, careful operator getting out logs -co tha.t the sawmills and other rvood-processing plants can produce the wood products needed to sustain the national e conomy ?

Subjects considered for possible discussion at the conference included the following: The 1955 forest fire season, ti,e impact of additional pulp and paper industry in the region, stream clearance problerns related to logging, stricter enforcement of the State Forest Practice Rules, licensing and bonding of logging contractors to protect land owners, cutting of second growth timber and the interrelation of logging and recreational use of land. In the equipment field it was brought out that the Ukiah equipment dealers' group ;s encouraging exhibits from foreign manufacturers of logging equipment. Headquarters for the equipment dealers is 105 North Main Street, Ukiah; inquiries about display space should be directed to this address.

Directors of the Redwood Region Logging Conference ;rre T. A. Carlson, The Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia (vice-president); William E. Baker, Holmes Eureka Lumirer Company, Eureka; Larry Damm, Arcata Redwood

New grooved plywood ponel simulotes solid wood plonking, yet is eosier lo opply. Much lower in cost. In Blonde or Red Philippine Alohogony (sliced ribbon groin or 'rotory cut), ldoho Knotty Pine ond Americon Birch;

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Remanufacturing facilities for resawing up to 34" x 94"

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Company, Klamath; Oscar Knivila; Willits Redwood Prodricts Companv, Willits; Larry T. Marshall, M & M Woodrvorklng Company, Eureka, and George E. Stoodley, The Pacific Coast Company, Willits. Emanuel Fritz of Berkeley is secretary-manag'er, and Fred Landenberger of Eureka is assistant secretary.

The Conference is dedicated to the improvement of forest and logging practices in the Redwood and Douglas fir forests of northwester:n California.

Lo Hobrq Permits Swelled

La Habra, Calif.-January building permits new record with a $3,214,998 valuation which ten times the amount for January 1955; 272 permits were for single-family dwellings.

SCRTA Seeks New Field Mqn

The Southern California Retail Lumber Association hopes to hire a field man by the end of this month to call on dealers and discuss their industry problems with them. Likely prospects are asked to contact Secretary-Manager Orrie W. Hamilton in the SCRLA offices at 111 W. 7th St., Los Angeles 14; TUcker 6108.

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Richmond-Installation of a circular sawmill has been completed at the University of California Forest products Laboratory here. It will cut logs into various sizes of material needed for testing purposes and serve as a demonstrator in forestry courses, said its director, Fred E. Dickinson.

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S(idcrio Dwz ?rlafia

TIe beginning of March once again finds California's own Snark of the ljniverse, Dave Davis, hot on the trail of Hoo-Hoo functions all over the country. The sales manager of Simpson Redwood Company in San Francisco has already traveled thousands of miles in the line of his ner'v Hoo-Hoo duties, and he will be racking up several more thousand miles before he pulls into San Francisco for a rest before the big Hoo-Hoo national convention there September 18-21.

Snark Davis' current appointments are as follorvs:

February 29-Regular Hoo-Hoo meeting, Birmingham, Ala.

March 1-Reactivate Hoo-Hoo Club, New Orleans, La.

March S-Regular Hoo-Hoo Meeting, Portland, Ore.

March 9-Regular Hoo-Hoo Meeting, Eugene, Ore.

I\{arch l9-Regular Hoo-Hoo Meeting, Oakland, Calif.

March 23-Regular Hoo-Hoo Meeting, Phoenix, Ariz.

Model Arizono Town Plonned

Richard H. Lippincott has been appointed sales manager for the John F. Long Co., Phoenix firm currently developing Maryvale, one of the nation's largest planned communities, in Arizona. Located in suburban Phoenix, Maryvale is being developed as a model, self-contained community for about 18,000 residents. Under 'construction since early in 1955, the community will include a S2-acte shopping center, a hospital, ar medical center, five churches, elementary and secondary schools, plus a large park with a community center and recreation area.

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John W. Fisher, prominent Santa Ntonica iumberman, and his n'ife returned iast month from an extencled cruise 'round Soutl.r America ancl the Cariblrcan. They visited FIavana, Cuba, and various ports of c:Ll1 in Central ancl South America. The trip u,'as rnadq aboard the French Line's luxury liner Flandre ar.rd took six u,eeks to complete. They sailed from Galveston early in Jantrary and retnrnecl home the midclle of February. IIr. Fisher is the founder of the John W. Fisher Lumber Company and retire<l several years ago, leaving active managernent of the yard in the capable hands of Tom Fox, president.

The many friencls of Dave and Dorothy Davis (N,Irs. Davis rvas stricken u'ith polio Dccember 23) n,ill bc happy to hear that she is registering steadl' progress and shorving constant irnprovement. IIrs. Dat-is l as admitted to the Marirr General hospital in San Rafael following her attack; horvever, on Februarv 19, her cor-rdition had improved sufficiently to allorv her entry into the Kaiser Foundation California-supportecl Rehabilitation Center in Vallejo.

Audrey Autry is the nerv girl Friday to George Clough, head n.ran of the Clough l-umber Co., f)orvney, Cal.

Rolf Stolesen, sales manager of l)urablc frlyn.ood Sales Co., Menlo Park, and N{rs. Stoleseu r.lrcationecl at Reno and Squau' \rallev during the third r,r'eek of Februarr,.

Roy Stanton, Sr., president of Il. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, left February 29 on a six-u'eek tour of the Orient. He u-ill spend several days in Honolrrlu on the beach, fly

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from there to Manila, Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo, returning to Los Angeles the middle of April. He intends "sparking" Hoo-Hoo in China and Japan in his efiort to build international clubs for the fraternal lumbermen.

Jim Gartin, owner of Gartin Lumber Company in San Mateo, took a one-week business trip to Los Angeles during the first part of February.

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Carvel Brown returned from northern California last week. He is the general manager of Orban Lumber, Pasadena.

Recent visitors to San Francisco were I\Ir. Burkenhead and Jerry Flynn, president and vice-president, respectively, of the A. C. Dutton Lumber Corp., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Burkenhead and Flynn spent the rveek of February 13 calling on suppliers in San Francisco and visiting the A. C. Dutton mill operation at Crescent City.

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Tom Fox, president, John W. Fisher Lumber Co., Santa Monica, spent several days on business and pleasure in the San Diego-Palm Springs area last month.

Charlie Schmitt, manager of The Beton Company's lumber division, recently returned to San Francisco headquarters after spending a week in southern California on business.

Phil LaTasa, Westhard Importing Co. executive, Terminal Island, California, has returned from an extended trip throughout the middle west and eastern seaboard. Phil returned via the deep south and Texas and was away from his base for about a month.

Vic Roth, owner of Triangle Lumber Company, Oakland,

spent the week of February 13, calling on northern California suppliers. While in the Redding area, Vic also attended the Sierra-Cascade Logging Congress.

Andy Beckstrom, Arcadia Lumber Co., returned last month from a 10-day trip through the Pacific Northwest, where he visited various mill operators procuring early Spring materials for the lumber firm.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schaefer (Colombo Lumber Company, Sebastapol), Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wiggins (Don's Lumber Company, Santa Rosa) and Mr. and Mrs. Mack Giles (Drakes Bay Lumber Company, San Rafael) flew to ..Lost Wages," Nevada, Feb. 6, and sperrt a week contributing to the economy of that state and to the more needv of the luxury hotels in that desert paradise.

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'Whot You Should Know About Lumber' Avqiloble for Public Distribution

Washington, D.C.-Publication of a new lumber selling aid-a 24-page illustrated booklet, "'What You Should Know About Lumber"-is announced by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The booklet has been prepared for do-it-yourself enthusiasts, home owners' prospective home buyers, students, housewives and others who buy or influence the purchase of lumber and wood products'

NLMA Executive Vice-President Leo V. Bodine announced plans to promote distribution of the pamphlet through regional lumber associations, lumber manufacturers, wholesale and retail lumber dealers, radio and television stations, newspapers and other public media.

The publication gives a clear, concise rundown on the many different species and categories of softwood and hardwood lumber and answers scores of questions about man's most versatile material.

The NLMA official urged that lumber manufacturers, dealers and other industry sources order the publication in bulk quantities for distribution to present and potential customers. There is space on the back to imprint their names. Single copies are available for 10 cents each from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, i319 Eighteenth Street, N.W., Washington 6, D.C. Copies in bulk (two or more) may be ordered for seven cents a copy.

The publication lists the names and addresses of 17 lumber and wood products associations to which readers may write for further information about particular species.

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Bob Alley, Alley Lumber, Downey, followed the sun to Texas this past month on a business building trip. He also made a stop or trvo in Arizona.

Dave Davis, sales manag'er of Simpson Redwood Company, and San Francisco's own Snark of the lJniverse, returned to his office Iieb. 17 following a four-day stay in Albuquerque, N. M., where he took in the Mountain States lumber dealers convention. Dave was accompanied on his trip by John Driscoll, Simpson Redwood's 11 Western States representative.

Homer Burnaby, vice-president, Sun Lumber Co., San Pedro, and Mrs. Burnaby left Feb. 10 on a tour of Europe. They expect to be gone until the first of May.

Lew Godard, Hobbs Wall Lumber Company, and l\{rs. Godard left San Francisco Feb. 15 for New Orleans, where they boarded a cruise ship and are now spending one month cruising the Caribbean. Earle Johnson, Watsonville Lumber Company, and Mrs. Johnson are accompanying the Godards on the pleasure cruise.

Stark Sowers, general sales manager, fnland Lumber Co., Bloomington, spent several days during last month in the north. He reports conditions improving.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Christie were recent visitors in San Francisco and the southern California area. For Fred, who is general manager of Warm Springs Redwood Co. in WilIits, it was a combination business-pleasure trip-business first at San Francisco and Los Angeles, with a well deserved vacation following at Palm Springs.

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The California Lumber Merchant March TODAY 1,1931

Harold P. Plummer, who has been in charge of eastern lumber sales for The Union Lumber Company, San Francisco, has been appointed general sales manager. S. M. Eaton succeeds him in the eastern sales end.

The Hogan Lumber Company, Oakland, has undertaken an advertising campaign o{ considerable size and importance, to tell about grade and trademarked lumber, and kiln-dried dimension.

M. S. Pearce, manager of the Oakland yard of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company, was instantly killed February 23 when his car was forced off the road by a rock slide on the Rcno-Truckee highway. He was 54.

The lumbermen of Southern California held a big golf tournament at the Brentwood Country Club, Los Angeles, February 20. A very large group of golfers turned out. The affair was in charge of Harry V. Hanson, Bob Osgood, Don Philips and Ed Martin.

A. B. Hammond, San Francisco, announced on February 19 that a merger had been consummated between the Hammond Lumber Company and the Little River Redwood Company. The merger, headed by Mr. Hammond, gives the merged concern more than 100,000 acres of Redwood

timber, and 600,000 feet daily production of Redwood lumber. Included in the merger is the famous Big Lagoon tract of Redwood, claimed by many to be the finest stand of Redwood in existence. The manufacturing units include the big Hammond mill at Samoa, Humboldt County, the Little River mill at Crannell, trvo big planing mills, and a great cut-up plant for the re-working of lumber for factory purposes. Harry W. Cole began the development of the Little River mills and properties in 1909, and has carried them on ever since,

Walter J. Neils of Libby, Montana, was elected president of the Western Pine Association at the 25th annual meeting of that organization February 10 and 11 in the Davenport hotel, Spokane, Wash.

Ralph P. Duncan, Merced Lumber Company, presided at a meeting of the Lumber Committee of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association and the Redwood Relationship Committee, held in the Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, February 13. Speakers were Herb Klass and Mason E. Kline of San Francisco, C. H. Griffin, Jr. of Salinas, Kenneth Smith of Los Angeles, Harry A. Lake of Garden City, Elmore King of Bakersfield, and others.

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Al Bell, Hobbs Wall Lumber Company, and Mrs. Bell returned to San Fran'cisco Feb. 13, following a "British weekend" visiting friends and vacationing in Phoenix.

Jim Connolln vice-president and general manager, Rusco Prime Window Company, Tustin, made a recent trip to San Diego and Imperial counties in California, and Yuma, Arizona, on business for his firm.

Mal Hill, manager of Harbor Plywood Corporation in San Francisco, spent a week during the first part of February in Los Angeles on business.

Larry Bennett, well known manufacturer's representative in Los Angeles, has joined the sales staff of the Aero-Glide division of the Ostling Sliding Door Frame Co., El Monte, Calif. According to Dick Ostling, president of the door manufacturing concern, Larry will cover Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura and Orange counties in the interest of the pioneer southern California door firm.

The Bay area lumber fraternity had a good chortle over the following item which appeared in the S. F. Examiner's February 17 Herb Caen Column, concerning one of the fraternity's more colorful members:

"Yup, it was cold, mahty cold in San Francisco yesterday-but for a real freeze, you should've been up at a fishing lodge near the Oregon line a few days ago.' Bill Chatham, Jr., the Alameda lumber operator (Loop Lumber & Mill Co.), was there-and discovered S,creenstar Fred MacMurray and a young blonde at the bar. 'May I buy you a drink?' asked Chatham, and when MacMurray shook his head ('I don't drink,' unquote), Chatham glanced at the blonde and said in all innocence, 'Well then, may I buy your daughter a drink?' Daughter, of course, turned out to be MacMurray's film star wife, June flaver." Question: Who retreated to the end of the bar, growing one foot shorter with each step?

John Harvey, Jr., formerly with the Long Beach Boat

TTACHI]IERY FOR SA1E

' frtill Mochinery in Excellent Condition-Pdced Righr

l-Pfiner, Woods Model 415M2 (21" Heods)

l-Plqner, Woods lUtodel 414 (16" Heods)

l-12" Vonnlcutf Moulder (12" Hecds)

2-t5GHP Reese Blowers

For Further Detqils ond lnspectioir-Cltt

67,re/prrieb Rll"+

LOroin 6-6196

tOOlO South Alomedo Srreei

Los Angeles 2, Golifornlo

Shop, is presently handling general accounts at Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington.

Fred Brandmeier, well-known southern California lumber salesman, has joined the staff of George T. Wiley Lumber Co., Long Beach. "Brandy" has been 'round wood sales for many vears in the harbor area.

HAROLD A. NEW

RYan L-7O21

RYan L-7O2L

9i, --- Fin" - - - ,lloldirgt anl. Special $etail AYRAII 1UMBER COMPAilY

P. O. Box 1282, Ln Ganqdq, Cqlifornio DIRECT SHIPIIENTS

pelrtaanh

Harold New, Pasadena, on a timber cruising trip this month to Oregon, Washington and northern California.

Bill Moores and Bill Smith, head men of Hollow Tree Redwood Co., Ukiah, California, returned last month from

Yumq Deqler in OHI Tie-ln

Yuma, Ariz.-A. G. Bennett, local retail lumber dealer and a member of the Public Affairs committee of the NRLDA, has tied in his yard with the Operation Home fmprovement movement and was quoted recently in the Yuma Sun and Sentinel regarding remodeling and modernization in 1956.

DON GOW SYlvon 0-5545

an extended trip 'round South and Central America. The two prominent lumbermen were looking over the production possibility for a lumber mill and visited various mill operators in Latin America. The six-week trip was made in the Twin Bonanza aircraft operated by company pilot Curtis Smith.

That "veteran lumber gal," LaGene flerr, is back on the board so-to-speak. Her charming voice and smile now greet the caller or visitor at the Sun Lumber Company front desk. You gnessed it, she is the switchboard operator, so well known to lumbermen in the San Pedro beach area.

George Clough, Clough Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was presented as the new commodore of the eatalina Island Yacht Club at the sixth annual inaugural dinner dance last month. The event at the Beverly Hilton was attended by several score yachtsmen and their ladies and a photo of George with Mary Grant was shown in The Los Angeles Examiner Feb. 19.

lumber Corgo Arrives in L.A.

The motorship C-Trader with 2,346,0@ board feet of fir, spruce and pine (enough for nearly 235 average homes) arrived in Wilmington, Calif., Feb. 22, and discharged its cargo at the Consolidated Lumber Co. dock. Arrival of the lumber cargo from Eureka ended a 20-week dry spell at Southland lumberyarcis. The C-Trader was the first lumber schooner to enter Los Angeles Harbor since the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union struck Sept. 3O against three firms operating 10 of the schooners.

George Olson, president of the Shipowners Assn. of the Pacific Coast, San Francisco, had said the schooners would sail Feb. 11 and 13, rvith or without the striking members of the union, after a two-hour conference with the heads of four other maritime unions, most of which opposed the wildcat walkout. Capt. Charles F. May, west coast president of the Masters, Mates and Pilots, had said his union would set its own wage pattern and not permit any otl-rer union to negotiate for it.

The ten package lumber carriers which had been tied up four months, each with a cargo capacity between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 board feet, are the W .R. Chamberlin Company's C-Trader, Alaska Spruce and Alaska Cedar; the Oliver J. Olson Company's George, Mary, Cynthia, Karen, Barbara and tfoward Olson; and one Irwin-Lyons vessel.

TED AVRAM RYon l-8733

DISTRIBUTION YARD: I 3301 BURBANK BLVD., VAN NUYS, CATIF. AISO:

SHIPN'IENTS BY CARTOAD OR TRUCK TRAITER

Redwood Empire Club Meefs ot Nopo

A strong turnout of Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo Club 65 members took in an excellent dinner meeting February 1O at Walker's Prime Rib House in Napa. Chairman of the successful event was Past President Jim Patton. The next scheduled Club 65 meeting will be the evening of March 9 in the Frontier room of the Rancho Rafael, at Ignacio.

Woodwork Instifule Moves to Fresno

(Continued from Page 30)

Byrne Marcellus of the Byrne Marcellus Company, Chicago, managing company of the Architectural Woodwork Institute. The speaker told of the founding of the AWI three years ago and showed and explained a new series of data sheets in a special woodwork portfolio which has been prepared for distribution to architects. Mr. Marcellus paid tribute to the Woodwork Institute of California as pioneers and praised its enterprising spirit in the woodwork industry in his forthright and interesting talk. He also singled out for high praise the WIC Manuals prepared by Mr. Bjorn.

It is known that Russell Bjorn leaves the Woodwork Institute of California with the regrets and good wishes of all the members. By February 17 he had all the furniture, files, records, etc., .of the Institute shipped to the new Fresno headquarters but did not feel he could personally make the move from his San Rafael home and continue in his very successful capacity as Secretary-Manager of the WIC's first five formative years.

Russ Bjorn had personally signed up l2l of the current l34-member list of the W.I.C. as of January 1, 1956, since starting from scratch in the spring of 1951. He had made 406 personal calls throughout California during the past five years on membership alone, besides calling upon 235 architects. Mr. Bjorn's sincere love for the W.I.C., its program and the challenge the industry accepted through it, starnp his lvork for the Institute and leave his shoes hard to fill. Byrne Marcellus carried back to the AWI in Chicago

a copy of the 1956 program which Mr. Bjorn had prepared for the WIC before his ,sudden resignation.

With his submission of the"new WIC Membership List, Russell Bjorn sent each memlter a personal message as follows:

"You will, no doubt, so.on receive a statement from vour

ConnntnTAt Luunrn SALES, lilG.

2455 Huntington Drive, Son Morino, Gol.

RYon

l-5681

Wholesole Lurnber vio

RAIL - GARGO - TRUCK & TRAITER

For Quality Shipments

Ponderoso Pine o Sugor Pine

Douglos Fir . White Fir

Redwood . Cedor Phone-Write-Wire

SIERRA.NEVADA PINE COMPANY

newly elected president, Mr. Byron Taylor of Los Angeles, informing you of the closing of the WIC office in San Francisco and moving it to Fresno. This will be accomplished on or prior to March 1 . . . This may be my last opportunity to let the entire membership know how thoroughly I have enjoyed helping to build WIC, right from the start, to its present status. Without the fine help and cooperation, and friendly suggestions of the members that was given me on my calls, I myself could have done very little. So I want each of you to know that I am deeply appreciative of this, and I hope that some day, in some way, our paths may cross again.-Russell Bjorn, 47 Curtis Ave., San Rafael, Calif."

Bernard Barber & Associates, the well-known Fresno firm, has been active in the'central California city for many years. "Bernie" Barber, Jr., the WIC's newly appointed secretary with its move to that town, is well and favorably known to most of the lumbermen in the state through his activities in behalf of IIoo-Hoo and also at conventions of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California. (A complete and up-to-date listing of the current Membership of the Woodwork Institute of California will be contained in the next issue of The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT.)

WRTDA Gonvention

Seattle.-The Western Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Seattle, held its 53rd annual convention at Multnomah hotel, Portland, January 24-26, and elected R. M. Slettedahl, Elma, Wash., its new president. Other officers elected are Vance D. Mauser, The Dalles, Ore., vice-president; Alice Stewart, secretarl, and W. C. Bell was re-elected managing director.

A-IMA-NAC of Northern Dealers

(Continued f.rom Page 22)

sponsored by the Lumber Merchants Association will begin at the Whitcomb hotel in San Francisco, the week of March 12-16, and, will be on Estimating and Construction. Subjects to be thoroughly discussed during the week include blueprint reading, estimating lumber, millwork, concrete, masonryi hardware and gypsum products, as well as a complete run-down on 'construction financing and the procedures for obtaining and processing FHA-insured loans.

A highlight of the five-day course will be a field trip to inspect the large pre-cutting operation of a member retail lumberyard. Several tracts which illustrate a cross-section of conventional, modern and unusual construction will also be visited by the class for a first hand observation of building methods and new ideas.

Don Wilson of the LMA stafi is in charge of the coursc and applications are being accepted in the association offices'

Merner Lumber Company, Palo Alto, continues to improve its capacity to service the consumer trade by revamping its retail lumber department. Under the direction of Herb Bickell, manager, new serve-yourself lumber bins are being built adjacent to the increased parking area. In addition to this feature, additional outdoor display areas have been installed, all designed to add to the convenience of the customer.

L. J. "Lou" Hollond P. P. "PEYT" Moloney

Lurnbc-r DrYi n-gIn

Gl rculstl ns Klrnr

Trmit Drylng

fitei* l, i9!6

Rcte.-Position wcmted $2.00 per colurrin incb

All others, $3.00 per col"'n- inch Cloring dcter lor copy, Sth cnd 20th

s.o.s.-s.o.s._s.o.s.

WANT ADS

Wanted experienced hardwood salesrnan for San Diego area. Salary and commission.

Address Box C-2475, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED_SALESMAN

Well-established Southern California wholesaler handling all west coast sle_c-ics_!a! POSITION OPEN for aggressive saleslepresent- ative. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY lor right party. -submit full particulars. All replies confidential.

Address Box C-2477, California Lumbcr Merchant 108 West 6th St., Roorn 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED-REDWOOD SALESMAN

If YOU are a god wholesale REDWOOD SALESMAN we have just the job for you-Unlimited salcs support-Unlimited inventory and protectcd territory. We want a man ihat really wants to makl money. Thc beet salary and com^rnission deal in Southern California.

Address Box C-2:479, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

MAKE YOUR MARK IN MOULDINGS

SALESMEN WANTED-exprienced in Mouldings. All territories -open. This is a fine Commission deal with a good, established Manufacturer. Your reply will be treated confdentiatly.

Address Boz C-2478, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Roonr, 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

HARDWOOD PLYWOOD SALESMAN WANTED

Must be experienced and havc a following in Southern California. lvr1tc_in detail, givin_g_age, qualifications, experience and pay set-up desired. Replies confidential.

Address Box C-247O, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 5OB, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

SALESMEN-ATTENTION!

Wc want TWO CUSTOM MILLING SALESMEN for Los Angeles area. An attractive proposition for the right men.

Addrcss Box C-2474, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION WANTED

Ten years of to-p lumb-er, d,oor and millwork manufacturing exper- ience. Accounting and- ofice management background. Presently employed in Loc Angeles area. Excellent references. Desire position requiring good judgment and management ability.

Address Box C-2472, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 5OB, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A LUMBERMANI

Winter layoffs, floods, even a fire . . I've had itl Experienced retail man can't wait to get back on the job in Northern California. Prefer that area but adaptable anywhere. I'm 43, husky, driver, yard clcrk, shipping, foreman, estirnator, counterman, good takeofr -think I can fill your bill.

Address Box C-2458, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles f4, Cdif.

MILLWORK SUPERINTENDENT

Able to take full charge of special millwork plant. Graduate both courses Cost Book "A'". Prefer Arizona or West Coast.

Address Box C-2476, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

Namor of AdyG?tir.?. in fhir Dcporfrnont urinf o bllnd oddrcrr connot bc diwlgrd. All inquiricr cid rcplirr should bc oddrctred to ftcy thown in thc advcrtbonrolt

MILL REPRESENTATIVE

Will sell your lumber (Fir or Redwood) in Southern California -t ormerlyassociated fo,r 20 years with highly rated Los Angelcs rumber wholesaler. Desire direct mill reprcsentation- Interview in North or Los Angeles.

Address Box C-2416, California Lumber Merchant

106 West 6th St., Room 50g, Los Angcles 14, Calif.

WILL INVEST

Experienced lumbcrman with cxccllent distribution connections will invcst for part ownership in good siwmiU wiif-tinUii.--Wil excnange rcterences.

Address Box C-23?7, California Lurnber Merchant

108 West 6th St, Robm 5oB, Los Angeles f+, Caiif.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

Established lumber re-mangfacturing company in North central c.alifornia with adequate yard and ptit tacifitii, oners good.-fiht- aDle_co-nnection to experienced Lurrberman, able to finance-limited roug_h lumber inventory and sales. Negotiations with qualified prin- cipals only.

Addrcss Box C-2463, California Lumber Merchant

108 West 6th St., Roorn 5OB, Los Angeles 14, Cdif.

SAWMILL WANTED

_Los Angeles dietributor will buy one-half of smaller Redwood or Redwood-and-Fir sawmill. Repli-es confi dential.

Address Box C-2473, California Lumber Merchant

108 Weat 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

CALIFORNIA LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

l-Code "San Joaquin"-Jq7s southern San Joaquin Valley vards- Iong established. One yard on RR Leasc, -the other ori 6*,ned

ground; will not sell scparately. Both

grouncl; wrll loth yards have made money eve-ry-year for last ten years. Books will be open. Gcneral Ap-_ every year rast $ooks vrill Ao_ praisal Co. report w{l be shown. Price for both yards, $32,flD plirs inventory of about 950,000. Would like rrurchas& to iakc'o.,e" r"pr:usar w.ilt be price $32,flD plus inventory $50,000. purchas& iake'o.,efai- counts receivable on guaranteed basis.

2-Code 'HARRY"-Located in San Gabriel valley; established

over thirty years ago. Ground about 30.000 bldg. and one-story sheds; paved yard. Fric

tnrty yeara qround a-bout _30,000 sq.ft. Very good office blctg. price for ground and build: iqgq fiO,0_09; inventory about 930,000. Might colnsidei tcaiid-.t lqgg consider leasins at g3S0.rnonthly plus--t-axes. Sales lajt year gf5,00ol nni opffili";1r; for "Do-ft-Yourself" trade.

3-Brrtte County, Calif., woodworking plant; 4-side planer. rip saw. cutofi saw, burner, truck with rollers; two acres. Owner buyi rough lumber _from various sawmills in that area; then "ip.-"ia resaws it to order. Price for everything $10,000; plus'small i"ventory of about $2,000.

,l-Code'FERNANDO"-Located in San Fernando Valley on main thr-ough street. One owner twelve years. RAILROAD' iECSE gnfy $l? per mo:rth. Ground tZSx392 ft. More available. FnfCg q9,qq fgr- buildings, improvements and truck; fn"entorl. aUout $6,000. This is a steal.

S*Code 'VALLEY"-Fine San Fernando Vdley yard; well es- tablished. Operating on three acres; spur track on prop6rt". Witt lea.se.at 91000 monthly, with re-neqal privilege. LotJ of -sheis; miil burldlng; fin€ modern store and office building. Automotive equio_ meat for sale at ap'praisal. Inventory about $-20,000. Salcs foi iriit year 1955 about a half-million dollars. Marshall & Stevens appraisii available.

If you want to sell your yarcl; let us know, we will do o,ur best TWOHY LUMBER CO.

714 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15; Rlchmond 9_3246 Lumber yard brokers for over iorty years

HUGHES BROTHERS

PONDEROSA PINE SUGAR, PINE

FOR SALE

Foresthill, Golifornio

TYTANUFACIURENg OF ]NCENSE

CEDAR,

DOUGI.AS FIR WHITE FIR

IT'S LIKE HAVING TWO HEADS!

One of the most successful, outstanding coastal retail yards, ideal location near L. A. and well known throughout the lumber trade.

Over $600,000 in sales last year, at no sales effort. It is new and has everything, in a district that will afiord every opportunity to expand sales far beyond present volume, if wanted. This business can support several principals. About $150,000 cash required. Owner would retain inactive portion if buyers qualify. It's a moarey-maker.

Address Box C-247L, California Lumber Merchant 108 W. 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

LUMBER YARD FOR LEASE

Large fenced-in grounds, 2 sheds, 7/z-horse DeWalt combination saw, small furnisheil house with bath, kitchen facilities-ideal office or l-person house. Center of San Gabriel valley, 9 miles Northeast of L. A.; graduated lease-$S5 per month to start. References. Xlnt opportunity if you know your business & have the stock. OWNER' SO+6 McCulloch, Temple City. See, or phone for appt. DOuglas 7-1301.

FOR LEASE

We.ll-equipped Moulding and Cut-Up Plant. Kiln facilities available. Transif R-ail Rates. Close to lumber supplv. Good Labor Market'

Address Box C-2462, California Lumber Merchant 10E West 6th St., Room 50E, Los Angeles 14' Cdif.

FOR SALE

Owner wishes to retire and must sell three (3) Retail Lumber Yards FOn COSI OF INVENTORY (approx. $90,000). These vards ar-e more than 90 miles from Loe Angeles, doing $600'fiD per year wrth isg.O00 Drofit for 1955, and never earned less than $30,000. Owner i,vili cariv equipment, buildings and land on a ten or more years contract to iuif Uuver. May take IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.

Address Box C-2+42, California Lumber Merchant iOg West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

FOR SALE-a whiz of an AUTOMATIC CASH REGISTER that will be an extra pair of hands to you! 6 years old, on stand, has six drawers. Transaction and departmental keys: Cash Sales, Rcvd. on Acct., Other Cash rcvd., Paid Out, Refunds, Char-ge Sales, Misc. Credit, Drayage, Tax, Checks Drawn, Purchases, Sales and Receipts, etc.

RUN ALL YOUR DAY'S ACTIVITIES INTO THE MACHINE including Checks. Clears in 2 minutes! Ideal for a complete history of your yard's day makes check ADDITIONS' etc.

THIS IS A BARGAIN!

Cost S4,0@ new-will sell for less-than-half. Let's talkDr J. LAWRENCE-LAWRENCE LUMBER COMPANY 1032 Fuller St., Santa Ana Klmberly 2-1765

FOR SALE

Hyster Carrier, 15,@0-pound capacity, 1943 model condition, $2,000. May be seen at our yard.

MODESTO BUILDERS' SUPPLY CO., 601 South 9!l Highway, Modesto, Calif. Phone: LL 2-3223

B UY-SELL-REPAIR_S ERVICE

in excellent INC.

Fork Lifts and Straddlc TrucLs. Complete shop and field service. Portable Welding, Special Fabrication, Steam Cleaning and Painting. Servicc Available 7 Days a Wcck. All work guaranteed. COMMERCIAL RTPAIRS AND SERVICE

1115 North Alamcda Street, Compton, Calif.

Phones: NEwmark L-8269, NEvada 6-,1805

This Space Is Reserved for Y O U To Fill Your WANTS-To Supply Your Needs

ffiHAQDWOODS, lNO.

610 l6rh $., Ooklqnd 12

Gerlinger carrrage.

FOR SALE

Lift Truc-k, 8-ton capacity, 1952 model, 64" forks, ofrset Good condition: $6,250.

TROPICAL & WESTERN LUMBER CO.

4334 Exchange Ave., Los Angeles 58, Calif. Phone: LQgan 8-2375

PLANER FOR SALE

36" Goodspeed Double surfacer, late model. Direct motor-driven +H.P. top and 15-H.P. bottom complete with accessories. g4,500. Can be seen at:

PACIFIC COAT HANGER MFG. CO.

6710 Avalon Boulevard Los Angeles 3, Calif.

FOR SALE

21' Chris-Craft Express Cruiser. Fully equipped and completcly refinished. All cxtras. Priced for quick sale,Call DON at Klmberly 2-3595; Los Angeles

ffi .GIPO' LUMBER HANDLING

Labor available for Car Unloading, Sorting, Sticking. "Free', 1956 Printod Price List. Arrangemcnts made foi Lift oi Carrier Hauls from any public team tracks.

the afternoon of February 17 in a Santa Barbara hospital rvhere he had been admitted for surgery. Just the week prior to his death he had been named man-of-the-year for the Goleta valley because of his civic work.

Elwood G. Leach,84, retired building contractor, Reseda, died January 20. Frederick Charles John Gross, 72, hardware salesman of Sherman Oaks, died January 27. Raymond McCarter, 62, building contractor of Los Angeles, died January 28. Frederick Federlin, 70, retired building contractor, died February 4 at his Tujunga home; hs had been a Los Angeles resident 43 years. Daniel L. Ernest, 67, Hermosa Beach builder and contractor since 1918, died February l3; he was a candidate for the city council in the coming elections.

sAvE! FORK-uFT BARGAINS SAVE!

ttg D|lceurs on lfew Surpfus peilt 16 Att ir/lakcs oad ilodc/a ol lqkllltt Ured Good, Reconditloned or Rcbuih & Gfd. 2,OOO-15,00O lb. cop. Hyrter 150 , . . 15,000 lb. cop.. rcbuilt & guorqnleod ..------91750 tlyltor 'l50 Reconditionad ---.......---.--.,---.-.-. _...-..--...-....------g4@O

Rorr_ll HT.,. .6,000 lb. cqp., rebuilt ond guorontacd -.-_.,.-._.--.---........-------$2950

Clork , ..4000 lb. 6p., rcbuitr & suorqntqcd -...._.......-_...iiCSO

Towmolor LT72.. t0,000 tb. cqp., r.buitt ond guqrqntqsd --...--..:"..--.--..:...ii6t0

91".1. ._. 3,0O0 & 4,000 tb, cop., ured sood ----.-_.-.-.--..-.---.---.-.-.....--.----.---...-...iaaa0

5143 Alhambra Avenue CA. 2-8143 Los Angeles 32, Calif.

CRANE & CO.

0lttuanat

Victor E. Rorh

Victor E. Roth, 73. owner of the San Francisco industrial appraising firnr, Victor E. Roth and Associates, died suddenly of a heart attack at the wheel of his auto February 11. He had been in the appraisal business since 1912, specializ- ,ing in sawmill appraisals on the west coast, Arizona and Alaska. Originally associated with General Appraisal Co. in Seattle, he went to Europe and into the import-export field in 1921. He returned to San Francisco in l9Z9 and was with Standard Appraisal Co. till 7934, later joined California Appraisal Co. and left it in 1936 to form his own appraisal partnership. He purchased his partner's interest in 1937 and continued the firm until his death last month. He leaves his wife, Daisy, of Berkeley and"a son, Victor Roth, who is in the rvholesale lumber business in Oakland.

Clyde V. Conover

Clyde V. Conover, owner of the Goleta, Calif., retail firm of Conover Mill and Lumber Company, died unexpectedly

C_!o1! cl91elo9{c 3,500 tb. cop. pn-u, iire!, rcbuitr & suqrqnreed ...."...i26i0 GERLINGER FORK-UFT, 12,000 lb. cop._._.__-......_-___-.$3tOO

Porls for GoterpillorInternotionalLe lournequ Loroin - BuckeyeEuclidNorthwoitetc.

TERXIS AVAI|ABLJ

Import Shipmcntr Joponoc Lsnrber & Plywood Phillppino ltlohogony lunbcr

CARTOAD & t.C.t. SHIPTYIENTS

Roprconting /HARfZEll," Fine Wolnur Southcrn Hardwoodr Phone TEmplebor 2-0834

Pacific Lumher llealers $upply Inc.

25914 Prrddcnt Avo., Horbor G[y, Collf.

P. O. Box 667

Telephone DAvenport 6-6273

llonufocturerr ond Jobbcrr of SASH AND DOORS

rO THE R,ETAIL IUMBER, DEALEN

Simpson-M&M fqlk Big Deol

San Francisco.-Purchase of the M and M Wood Working Compatry by Simpson Timber Company in a deal involving more than $50 million is indicated by announcements made by Clay Brown, M&M president, on behalf of some of the largest irrdividual stockholders of the company.

co.

"It is emphasized that no legal commitment to buy or sell has been made and that no representation is or can be made at this time as to whether these negotiations will result in any sale," Brown was quoted in The Humboldt Times.

(Tell them that you saw it in The Calif ornia Lurnber Il[ erchon't )

ADVERTISER,S INDEX

Founlqin, Ed Lmbor Co. -.-....-....-..-..-..-.-.-.-

Fo.ett Fibcr Productr Co,,------....-.--.-..-.--..--.

Fore.t Productt Sqlcr

Gqllcher Hordwood Co.

Gmcrlon & Green Lumber

Gerlinger Corrisr Co.

Gctt Bror. & Co.

Goldsn Gote lmber Co.

Go$lin-Hording Lmbcr

G.eqt Bqy Lcmber 5qler

lloley Bro!.

Hqll Co,, Jmes

Hollinqn lAqckin Lumber Co,, Inc.

Hmmond lcmber Co.

Bonnell-Word & l(nopp .....--...---.----..-..--...--7t

Bonninglor Lunbqr Co. .--..-...--.---..---...--.----62

B.esler, lyle e A!3o.lot"! ----,-....-.---..--.--60

Brown Tlmber Co. -.---.--------.-..----,--,---.---..-..--53

lruce Co., E. L. {'

lrurh lndulriol

Collfomio Bullder tupply Go. --..---.-.-.---.--54

Colllorniq Door Co, of L' A. --..-.....-.----....-. *

Collfornio lmber 5oler .-.--..---------..-...-...-*

Collfomlo Pqncl & Venor ------.-....-.--...----- 8

Cmaron Trucklng, hc. -..--.---.--.-.------------.-. *

Corlry Co. --.----------.--------74

Ccr & Co., t. J. ....---.--...'--..-....-.--.--.--..-..---- rt

Cctodc Poclf,c Lmber Co. *

Celolcx Corporofion, Thc .--..--.---..-----.-......-*

Ccntrol Vollcy lox t tmber Co. ......-.---. I

Chlckcmougc Cedc Co.. Inc' ..---...--..--....-. *

Chri.tcn|on Lumber Co. -....-..-...-...-....-..-...-56

Clough Lmber Co. ......-..--...-..--...-....--.'....--.58

c06i Klln Compony ...-.-.--.--..---...----------------27

Cobb Conpony. T. tll' -...-...,..--.----...-..---..---32

Cmrolldqfed lumber !o. .....-....---.------........68

Contin.ntof Lumber 3ol4 -..--..........--.------.-76

Goopcr Wholerole Lmbcr Co., W. E.-.---.-- * -

CorJr Lumber Co. .....-...---.--..-..-'..-------'---..---17

Dolton, R. W. ! Co. -.......--..-....-...-----,..-..-- 'l

Dont & Rusell, Inc' -.--..-.--,--..-----...--..-.-18-19

Dwir Hcdwood Co. ....--.---.-----.--.----.'-.---..--*

Dryldro Plyvrood & Lmber Co. --.-.-16, 2l

Dimond W 9upply Co. ---.-.-----..---.------------*

Dolfqr Co., Th! Roberr -..-..-.--...--.-.-..-----52

Donover Co., Int. -.------------.------,-----------.------63

Dougl6 Fir.Plywood As5ociqlion --------------'l

Droker Bcy lmber Co. *

Dyer lumber Sqle: .-----..--...-..-----.--.--..----'---*

Eckrtrom Plvwood & Dor Co. -....-...----.-... l'

Edwrdr luinber od llfu. Co. ....-.---.-....'--80

Emrto Pfywood '--.---.-----71

Ersley ond Son. D. C. --..--.-.-..--...---.-------..--75

Eureio Redwood lmber Co. -..---..--...-.-.-.. rt

Exchdg. gmlllr Soler Co. .--.---...-...-----*

Folrhurrl Lmbcr Co. ol Cqlilonio .--'..-.....t t

For Werl Flr Soler Co. .-..--..-'--.-..--'----'.----54

Horbor Plywood Corp. of Colifomiq

Hcrtor Plywood Co.p. of 50. Cqlif.

Hqrrii, L. E. Imbcr Co.

Hedin, F. L. Lumber

Hedlund Lunber 5olcr, Inc.

Hef mr-Brown Iunber Co.

Higginr Lmber Co.,

Hlll & Iilorton, Inc.

Hobbr Wqll Lumbcr Go.

Hogon Wholerolc lldg. llcterloh Go.-.---*

Hoffow Trec Redwood €o. ....---.-.--.--...-.-----.72

Holmer lunber Co., Frcd t, -..--..---.--...-..--.7O

Homotote Compmy -.-...-.----.-...--.r--..--..-...--- {t

Hoover Co., A. t. ....--.--.---..---.--..--..---...-.--*

Hufi Lumber Co. .-....--.-.-----..-.----.--..--..---.----.33

Hugher Brotherr ......-..---78

Hyrtqr Compqny ....--..--.. +

Inlond Iumber Co. --..----..-.----.---.-....--...-------38

Indu.tridl Iumbcr .-..---....--.--..-.--........-...--.-.. :]

Johnr-ltlqnville Corporotlon ........-...-..-.....-."23

Jolly Glont Lumber Co. rt

Jordm Sqrh & Door Co., F. 1,. ....-....-..--..66

Kelley, Albcrr A. --...-...-.-......-...-...--.-.........-'l

Xochton Plyvrood & Veneei Co., Inc. -.---*

Kochl & son, John W. .,---.-...-------.-----------.68

Koll Plcning rltill, W. A. -....-....-.-...-.......-..*

L. A. Dry Kiln & Sloroge, Inc. -..---.--.---.--68

Lqnon Lumber Co. -.---..--.----...-.-....-...-.--.....57

Lowrence-Phillpr Lcnbcr Co. -...--..--...-...-.. *

Ie]retf Lumber Co. .-...--.----...-...----------.--------,] long-Bell llmber Co. --..-...--...-..-.-.--...-..---- 9 Loop Lumber & frlill Co. -.-.-.----..--.-.-....-..---65

Lor Angeles Lumber, In<. ..-.-.-.-..-.------.--,---

lftD Dirploy lrtfg. Corp. ............-...............42

IllocBeoth Hqrdwood CCmpoy --..------..--..--59

llocDonold Go., t, W, --...-..-...-.--.-..-....,-...52

l. 5. Plywood Co. .-....---...-....-......-.-..---...-..56

lcd Cedor Shingle Burcou ..-....--...-..-...--...25

Regol Door Conpoy -.---.--.........--..-......--..-*

Riii t Xrute lumber Co. ..---.-...-..--.--...-..-*

Rckporr Rcdwood Co. ----.-.-....--....--.------..-..I5

loddircroft, Inc. ---.-.-..-----......--....----.--..-...-..61

loy Forelf Product Co. -..-.---.-.-..--......-57

lurco Prime Wlndry Co. ------.-.--.--...-..--..-. *

Son F 6ci!.o Glcr Co. --.--,--,--------..-..--..-*

Sonford-lu$lcr. lN. ---.---...-.-.-.-.----.----,-.-.-*

Sonto Fe Lmber Co. -.---.-..---.--.--.-----.----.---31

tecurlty loyd Dutch Pqint ,ltfg. Co. -.---...33

thively, Alqn A, -.--.-..-..-..---..--.--.--.---.-..,-.---:

Sienq Lunbs E Plywood, lnc. '3

Sierro Nevoda Pine Co. -..---.--.--.-.-------------76

Sicrrq Redwood Co. ---.-,..-..-------.------.---...--.*

Simmonr Ho.dsood lumber Co. ------------,-.- 5

Simpron Redwood Co. --...-.----------..--------:-.-*

Smith, Hemo A. --------,-----...-------.--"..--..-...--&

inirh lwber Co., Rolph l'. -...-,-.....-.-...----39

lrt[P [RlPPtt0 clllt[Rfll

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ftlonning-llit€h6ll Pqinl Go. *

Mople Bror. ...--.--...-.--.-,--43

llqrcuqrl-Wolfe Lvmber Co. ---..--.-...--..-...--'i

llqrrh Wqll Producl., lnG. --.....-..---.---.--..-* ,$orlin Bror. Box Co. .--.-,.---.--.--.-..-----.-.----., 4

ilqrtin Plywood Co. -----.....-.....-.--...---.-..--..-.66

So-Cof Building l|lqleriql: Co., lnc. --.-----29

5mmer Co., A. J. ---..--..,-..---.---....-.-......----73

toulh Boy lmber Co. -...-..--.--.---..-......--.69

Southern Cqlifomio lmber Sqler ,--..---.--. *

Souilrrerf Plywood Corp. .-..---....-...------..-..64

Soulhw"rtern Portlqnd Cement Co. --..----.-.. *

Slohl Lmber Co. ..---.--.----.--..--..--...-...-..--..55

Stondord lmbcr Co., In<. ..-..----.-.-----....."-45

Stcnton & 3on, E. J. .-------.-..--....---.---.--..---. *

Sterling lndutttlct. Inc. .,-.--.,...----.--..--...-.--. *

Co. (Wclnut Creek) ..yEllowstone 4_4416 Gosslin-Hcrding Lumber Co. (WclDut Creek) ..YEilowstone4-8274

Hill d Morton, Inc...... .ANdover I-10?7

Kelley, Albert A. (Alcmedc).....LAkebursi 2-2754

LooD_ Lumber 6 Mill Compcny (Alcmedc) .......'...LAkehurst 3-5550

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Andcrson-Hqnso! ....SUnset l-6129 (Sludio Cily) STantev 7-rt72t

Arcctc Redwood Co. (J. l. Bcc)...WEbste; 9-1109

Arrow Mlll Conpany ....ANgelus g-0S21

Ailqs Lumber Co,..... ..TRinity 2326

Avrcm Lurrber Co...... ..RYcn I-8233 (Lq Cqnado) Sylvcn 0-55{5

Back, J. William Lumber .ADcng l-436I

Bcugh, Ccrl W. (Pcscdenc) ......Rycn t-Si8i

Big rom Lumber rnc. itr'ffiffi ?:33?i

Blise 6 Gctes Lumber Co..RAymond 3-l8gl:j-3454

Brewster, Lyle d Associctos... .. .DUnkirk 3-g455

Drom Timber Compcny....... .BRcdsbcw 2-071g

Brush Industrial Lu;be1 Co. (Monlebello) .RAymond 3-3301

Buns Lumber Compcay... .WrUster g-igsi

Ccrr & Co., L. I, (W. D. Duming).

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Co, ol Cqlil. (Los Algeles Lunber, Inc.).....MAdison 6-913{

Fcr Wegt Fir Soleg Co...........BRcdshcw 2-4353 (Beverly Hills) CRegtview 5-6634

Fisk d Mcson (So. Pcscdenc)....PYranid l-1197

Foresr producrs Scteg co., (I""r.Y::fi'u 9-1197

Plecscnt 3-ll4l

Fouutqia, Ed., Lunber Co..........LOgcn 8-2331

Freemcn d Co., Stepbeu G. (N€wport BEqch) ...

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